Knob and Tube Fun in our First Duplex

[Tim McKinnon]

Hi Everyone,
My wife and I recently bought a duplex and during the buying process we specifically asked a number of times about knob and tube in the house and were promised that there was none active in the house.  We went back and forth on this numerous times because we knew it would be hard to get it insured with active K&T, and we were told repeatedly that there was none active. You probably know where this is going. 

So we had an electrician stop by and it looks like they updated the easy stuff – some outlets and switches but didn't update a lot of the more tedious areas, and we have a pretty big rewire job coming.  We got a quote of 20k for the work and are in the process of getting more, but this number seems a little high to us. I am just wondering if anyone has had any experience with getting their home partially rewired, and wouldn’t mind giving a ballpark of what it cost them?  We're located in SE Wisconsin and the house is a up/down duplex about 2900 sq ft.  

Thank you for any help!
Tim