My husband bought and gutted a NE (Hill East) row house before we got married. I was dating him throughout so got a front row seat to all of it. It’s on a historic block.
$180k or so all in. Did use an architect, which was money well spent. Overall, though, mid range contractors. He and his dad did some work on their own, ie painting mostly (but painting a whole house is awful!! They had a terrible time). There were unfinished bits for years. Upside was a stunning kitchen, great heating (keep! your! radiators!), and he was displaced for only about 4 months (he lived with me during that time). He has a high tolerance for chaos and things were not totally done when he moved back in.
Happy to discuss! We don’t live there anymore and when we did, all I saw were the imperfections (you get what you pay for and I’m a little ocd on details), but we now rent it out for a very good price and know we’ll one day resell at significant profit. The kitchen really is amazing. We refinished the original floors btw, they’re cool looking but slightly impractical.
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My husband bought and gutted a NE (Hill East) row house before we got married. I was dating him throughout so got a front row seat to all of it. It’s on a historic block.
$180k or so all in. Did use an architect, which was money well spent. Overall, though, mid range contractors. He and his dad did some work on their own, ie painting mostly (but painting a whole house is awful!! They had a terrible time). There were unfinished bits for years. Upside was a stunning kitchen, great heating (keep! your! radiators!), and he was displaced for only about 4 months (he lived with me during that time). He has a high tolerance for chaos and things were not totally done when he moved back in.
Happy to discuss! We don’t live there anymore and when we did, all I saw were the imperfections (you get what you pay for and I’m a little ocd on details), but we now rent it out for a very good price and know we’ll one day resell at significant profit. The kitchen really is amazing. We refinished the original floors btw, they’re cool looking but slightly impractical.