I met again with our designer, Jill, and Ray, the owner of Artisan K & B. Laurie was unable to attend because of a tragic incident.
They included the omissions from before, the painting, water to the refrigerator, and estimates on the floor underlayment and baseboard repair. They hadn’t thought about the radiators and that may be problematic.
We discussed changing to cast iron sinks instead of stainless and they had the fixture they are recommending. I’m not sold on it, but it’s growing on me. That’s a detail.
They broke out the electrical ($4,500) and plumbing ($3,500), and again tried to dissuade me from using someone other than their contractors. I’ve called a couple of electrical contractors I know for an estimate and will probably call a plumber as well. We haven’t decided if we want to manage that or not, but we’ll probably save $2-3K if we do.
They did not include the front or back halls and are putting together some numbers on that. Both should be about $1,000.
The estimate rose to $43.7K w/o appliances.
The latest issue of Consumer Reports features kitchen remodeling and appliance reviews. We’ll probably go with their dishwasher recommendation (a
They are sending out a sample of our flooring to see if it contains asbestos. If it does, well need to handle that.
Now we need to decide to pull the trigger. That’s the hard part. For me, at least. Laurie is full speed ahead!
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