There will also be some "Big ticket" items to add during the remodel including additional electrical meter/panel, possibly additional water meter or enlarged service, and additional HVAC system for the new unit...

You can enlarge windows down without structural effects. 3.

.• Marble quartz countertops in kitchen & laundry• New handscraped espresso birch floors throughout• Wood-look ceramic tile in bath & laundry (and as backsplash behind the range)• New stainless steel appliances• Remote control LED lights under kitchen cabinets• Nest thermostat• New windows• New roof with architectural shingles• New horizontal cedar fence• New cedar deck• New custom exterior shutters• Generous setback from main road• Xeriscaping provides added privacy & noise reduction• Carport & enlarged parking pad for easy turnaround• Prewired for Google FiberRenovations took right at 100 days and cost approximately $60K (versus the 45 days and $40K the original GC promised us, but that's another story for another time).

THAT is a "pig", though not necessarily a P.I.G. if you can get it for the right price to allow all the needed udpates and remodeling (open the layout, enlarge the bathrooms, add a walk-in closet in the master suite, ...).

I've done numerous vertical enlargements of 4 story buildings as well as horizontal extensions but no full on ground up projects.

Than again I have seen mold so bad that there were pores from top to bottom.

I would like to create a master suite, turning the existing closest which backs into the existing bathroom, into a small master bathroom and extend the house out to enlarge the room and add a closet.

The dude with jeans on and a flannel shirt holding a Starbucks cup is just as likely to have a slew of properties as the guy with the suit and the under-pored shot of smooth whiskey with an oversized cube in it.

Account ClosedIt's possible you may qualify for advantageous tax treatment, particularly if your rentals rise to the level of a trade or business and most of your remodel expenses don't go to enlarging the building or changing the structural supports.You really should rope in your tax CPA/EA, or onboard one if you don't have one.

The renovation (reworking of a master suite by enlarging the master bedroom and installing a luxury bathroom) should be finished in a month and I'm projecting it will increase the value of the home by about $50k.