Like a lot of you, I troll craigslist for extra fridges, stoves, etc and when a good deal comes up on tile, doors, or normal things I go through a lot, I stock up on them.

Or even during the summer in especially hot climates (working on clay and tile roofs in Phoenix, for example).As an example, I spent the winter working on a project up north, where part of the buyer's lender's conditions for sale was that the house needed to be painted (it had really bad peeling paint), but the temperatures didn't get above 50 degrees for about three months, and paint won't stick in cold temperatures.

Slab granite kitchen tile and lino in bathrooms.. bit concrete driveway with extra concrete for boat parking.

If I wanted to do a rental living room flooring once and spend the money up front, I'd tile it.Where is the property?

I dont give them any tools, I dont pay them per hour, I dont tell them when to work. here is a code to the lockbox, here is he project. the price to remodel the bathroom is say $1000, tiles, grout, glue, durrock is on the jobsite. when you do it is not my problem. it cannot take more than 3 days. all that is written in the contract. they do not have their own insurance, I have a builders risk insurance to cover myself. will that work in case he fells off the bathtub and brakes his leg ?

That way you can get a feel for what price points are in your area, and what kind of "finishes" (eg tile vs linoleum , hrardwood vs carpet) are in your target marketKen

I checked in daily and on Friday, went to see the progress (he was only supposed to clean out trash and remove some old tile).

You may not be able to get the same prices we do, but these are some of our baseline contractor prices to do the following complete renovations to these respective areas:Complete Kitchen Remodel: $3,500 (refinish existing cabinets, install ceramic tile flooring, new Formica countertops, new stainless sink with new brushed nickel faucet, new cabinet fixtures, new basic light fixtures, other basic repairs, and all labor included - does not include appliances).

Looks great ($1500)- tile bathrooms ($800)- resurface kitchen cabinets if need be (0-$1500)- put simply safe alarm system ($300)- sometimes I even spend an extra $2000 to put granite countertop...

(Tuckpointing in progress without permit)Center stairwell - treads are loose, deck boards are rotting, and tiles are missingHoles in wallsExterminate roachesReplace 6 hot water tanks per violation only, no electricalThe rest of the citations and violations are cosmetic and practical things.