Plumbing is done on a per fixture basis, and electrical is done on a switch, outlet, circuit count.

I am trying to figure on costs of rehab as well as what to offer on home - ( I would reside in Home there after as owner occupant ) it needs the following from what i can see.. x2 for two floors/ apts- 43 replacement windows- 43 Square of Roof- a Rather Large Tree Limbs Hanging over roof cut- 4 Exterior Doors with storm doors- 6 Exterior doors with no storm doors- Raise Porch Rails to code ( another ft or so ) Porch in front is 50 ft & rear Porches 30 ft- Fix Front wooden stairs @ 5-6 ft wide- Fix Water entering basement thru Bull Ked ( add a drain or pour concrete )- Pour Concrete in Three car garage floor ( is dirt now )- Needs Heating & Hot water, and baseboard heat up two floors ( two new furnaces and FHW baseboard brought up two stories )- Electrical service upgrade from 60 amps old knob and tub to breakers and also bring up two floors adding new elec service in whole building adding plugs in all rooms plus washer and dryer hookups - 2 Panels, and move it to outside from basement..- New sub floors in Kitchens where needed , and then Linoleum floors in kitchen- Total Cleanout 3-4 Roll Off Dumpsters for left behind junk- Linoleum in pantry 4x8- 2 Bathrooms - Needs new linoleum and 1 needs Sub floor- Bathroom walls - rip off old plastic tile in one and make drywall and paint - Ba 2 Needs Rip off wall paper and skim and paint2 - Living room Kitchen & (2) Dining Room and 3 (6)Bed rooms Refinish Hardwood floors on ea floor so x22- Living rooms, kitchen and dining rooms, remove wall paper and skim coat, and paint all walls and ceilings2 - Living Rooms and windows remove all trim and replace with new and paint ( lead Paint )2 - Repair Bathroom Ceilings and Pantry Ceilings and then paint6 Bedrooms Fix Drywall, paint walls and ceilings2 Bathrooms install bathtub wall panels2 - Install Kitchen Cabinets , and countertops, and Sink in both pantrys2- Install Dishwashers including pipe, drains and elec in two pantries2 - Over stove - More cabinets in Kitchen @ 6 ft top and bottom with countertops2 Install washer and dryer hookups after bringing power to locationApprox 150-200 ft of Asbestos removal in basementalso what is the lead time to do all this..?

Tenant called and said that they were sparking every time they were used. 130 dollars."2 hours is crazy.I could replace almost all outlets in one of my units and some breaker panels in that amount of time.At most it should have taken 30 to 40 minutes and that's being generous.

If the Seller won't turn on utilities it's a deal breaker for me.It's part of my due diligence.

Example replace a few circuit breakers,electrical outlets,switches and electrician costs hundreds and hundreds or more to do the work.You can do it for 40 dollars in parts if you know what you are doing.A plumber soldering pipes in the wall and changing a main line instead of saving 75 in labor I will just let them do it.It's all relative.

You have to consider where the pipes will go for both water supply and drain, where the shut-off valves will be located, whether a window or skylight is present or whether exhaust fan is needed, where the vent for the waste will go through the roof, whether you have electric wiring that can accept a GFCI (old house might only have two conductors on many circuits, lacking ground wire).

If the property closed, if title insurance only paid out 12,100, it may have been a deal breaker!

Electrical is easy... just stop short of wiring into the circuit box and there's no juice to electrocute yourself with... that said, you probably don't know all the compliance rules to pass inspection anyhow...Generally there's several outs... either through financing or inspection.

If outlets, wiring or the circuit panel were under water, they may need to be replaced, even if they appear to be in decent condition.

No grounds, crappy breaker box, no gfci's, aluminum wire, cracked old wire are all possible problems.