Basement Pricing???

timber721

im pricng a basement for about 27 dollars a sq' and im doing all the work with the exception of the electric and theres no bath just a laundry room. is that a fair price? im in ny,long island

HallisseyDesign

get ready to get hammered on this. Nobody can say that is good or not. IT comes down to what you need to make and how much everything is going o cost you. I am going to say that my material cost is close to your final cost.

Celtic

Based on what?

The OP gave nothing indicating:
- size of the area
- finish of the area
- etc
- etc
- etc

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SLSTech

Ok, in the help wanted area you post:

Then you post this here

and another in the painting section?

The math is simple - and the responses are all going to be similar. Be smart - and use the search feature for Going Rate, how do I price, etc...

My best advice for you at the moment is to get Michael Stone's book on Markup & Profit & read through the posts the Search brings up.

Let the bombs start dropping

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Brock

You would be about $8.00 too high in this area.

Brock

Keep in mind the lowballers are bidding on everything right now in a last ditch effort to get food. Even though these guys will eventually die off and go away we are still seeing some still out there.

timber721

SO what does my posts before have to do with this question? I lost a few jobs and I need to get by just like everyone else. I am trying to be as low as I can to get the job and feed my family- anyone who posts a response thanks for your help but the people who have nothing better to do with your time then bash others f** off. I thought this site was for help and espically during these times. In ny this economy sucks and people are backing out of jobs left and right. I am just getting opinions from people who I thought may help me out- not waste more of my time.

neolitic

The question you asked.
like most pricing questions here,
is the equivalent of "How long is
a piece of string?"
No one can answer you.
We would need to know how many sqft,
how it's finished, how chopped up is it,
material prices in your area, your overhead,
how much you pay subs/employees, .......
Everyone so far has given you the best
answers you could reasonably expect.
In return you offer lip and attitude.
You are the one who can f**k off.
Go learn a little respect some where else.

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KentWhitten

sorry timber, these questions get asked multiple times a day....every day. Maybe the bashing goes too far sometimes.

What you are doing is throwing out a feeler because you are uncertain. If you are uncertain, then you are probably off. No one here is going to know your specifics. I don't care how much you describe it, you will never be able to get an accurate response from anyone here.

Would that not be beneficial to you to get an accurate response? If yes, then you need to decide for yourself if you want to hire someone who can come over, take a look at your project and give an accurate estimate. If no, then you will be getting yourself into trouble, plain and simple.

There are just too many variables. If someone on here comes back and honestly says "No, you can drop that $5/ft" and you do, then you get raped even more, then who you gonna blame? The responder? Sit down and figure it out yourself. You will be better off for it.

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SLSTech

See ABOVE

I think I did quite well keeping my temper in check

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rbsremodeling

You did very well. I almost teared up reading it. There was no lead in for me to jump on him.

Well written, stuck to the important stuff, no name calling. Bit disappointed, except for the knot in the panties thing

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JumboJack

Well being that I am from California and have never actualy been in a basement I may not be the right person to give advise..But I hear the going rate is around tree fidy...

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in texas with framing and cornish people will do it for 3.00 a foot. What do yall think about that? Just laber

Celtic

With all the folks backing out of jobs - you should have plenty of time to entertain us

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JumboJack

I'll give th OP a hint as to why so many here get hostile when it comes to posts like this.We loose jobs to "contractors" that bid jobs and have no idea what they are doing,yet they still land the job.If you can't do something as simple as submit a solid bid to your prospective client you have no business bidding it in the first place.

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in texas with framing and cornish people will do it for 3.00 a foot. What do yall think about that? Just laber

neolitic

IMO, his ignorance is understandable.
His attitude is.....more than I want to
overlook.
He was given sound advice and spit
on the guys that tried to help.
He has a lot to learn about contracting,
but even more to learn about life.
Sounds to me like he wants to
learn it all the hard way.

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NorthstarNC

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Experience! If you know what your worth & capable of producing it's not that difficult. Material is easy & your overhead is & hard costs should be easy, now just add them together & you have a bid.

HallisseyDesign

That is why I said close like horse shoes and hand grenades. The last 3 basements I have done the material cost was close to that. Like you guys have said there is not near enough info to give him help on this. If he could toss up a drawing with dimensions or something that may help but I could drive 20 mins each direction and each place would think I am either high or low.