anyone helps me about the renovation of an old house.

An older than 80 years house, poorly maintained, situates in a prime location of a sought after neighborhood in an expensive town (average house price>1MM.

Large lot, 3 times of an average lot in this town, matured trees in the backyard.

Decent square feet (> 3000), nice layout, just too old and smelly.

For your information, a lot close to this house is for sale, 1/3 of this house's acreage, asking $300K lower than this house. Another lot, with about same acreage, asking the same price with this one.

My question is: how much does it cost to renovate such an old house up to today's living standards?

Many thanks,

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• depends what you want to do, preserve the historic value or gut -jy101- ♂ (71 bytes) () 12/05/2009 postreply 12:41:40

• Gut it out! It is not a really historic house. -worriedmom1- ♀ (99 bytes) () 12/05/2009 postreply 12:44:38

• if you not plan any major framing work, expect $35-50/sqft. -jy101- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/05/2009 postreply 12:51:37

• Thanks. It does sound very reasonable. -worriedmom1- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/05/2009 postreply 12:52:53

• 这个应该问当地的contractor。一般来说这样的remodel不比建新房 -＊小米粒＊- ♀ (186 bytes) () 12/05/2009 postreply 12:54:40

• 小声问一句：啥叫gc? -街西狗- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/05/2009 postreply 13:15:51

• 回复：小声问一句：啥叫gc? general contractor -sunskitehomes- ♂ (105 bytes) () 12/05/2009 postreply 14:35:51

• 1MM:) too much. But thanks. -worriedmom1- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/05/2009 postreply 13:50:33

• depending on if this is your own house or rental -laoyangdelp- ♀ (165 bytes) () 12/05/2009 postreply 17:35:19

• I think it really depends on what you will use the house for. -福龟龟- ♀ (411 bytes) () 12/05/2009 postreply 13:54:20

• 估计装修还要听证呢 -hetero- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/05/2009 postreply 14:43:16