As we move into 2025, these trends are shaping how we approach renovations:Open Floor Plans with Purpose: Open concepts remain a top priority, but it’s no longer just about tearing down walls.

I have clients doing 1 a quarter thats about the slowest to others that will go on a mini tear and I will help them buy 5 or 6 over a 45 day period then they go to work.But generally my busy folks will do 15 to 30 plus a year..

for infill I concentrated on Charleston Sc and built about 35 homes in that market. uber competitive for dirt though they are running out of it and the city wont let you tear down homes in many cases because of historic considerations.

There is still some value there although distressed unless its a tear down in my opinion for the foundation and exterior walls if salvageable .

But you can’t charge for normal wear and tear so the PM is probably being careful about that.

I've lost money tearing out shower tile that was just not quite right.

Hello Mike, It is nearly impossible to answer this question without taking a deep dive on the numbers of each but often times in expensive markets like Seattle the cost of construction is so high that it doesn't make sense to tear it down unless you can build something way bigger/nicer.

They are tearing it down to build a logistics facility.

A government can not swoop in, say hours or days after a tornado tears through an area, say "wow, look at this mess, well it sure ain't worth a dang" and tell people it's "taking" there stuff and giving it just the price of the then current mess. 

They don't want the company to be potentially liable if an owner doesn't follow through with the inspections and repairs.After the GFC, we needed the capital investment or they would have had to tear down more houses than the thousands that they already have.