Does anyone use the “Hometech Remodeling and Renovation Cost Estimator” book?
If so, what are your thoughts on it? Is it worth purchasing? Do you find it accurate?
In general, I guess I’m asking “Whattya think?”
Discussion Forum
Discussion Forum
Up Next
Video Shorts
Featured Story
From building boxes and fitting face frames to installing doors and drawers, these techniques could be used for lots of cabinet projects.
Highlights
Fine Homebuilding Magazine
Fine Home Building
Follow
-
Fine Homebuilding
Dig into cutting-edge approaches and decades of proven solutions with total access to our experts and tradespeople.
Start Free Trial Now -
GBA Prime
Get instant access to the latest developments in green building, research, and reports from the field.
Start Free Trial Now
- Home Group
- Antique Trader
- Arts & Crafts Homes
- Bank Note Reporter
- Cabin Life
- Cuisine at Home
- Fine Gardening
- Fine Woodworking
- Green Building Advisor
- Garden Gate
- Horticulture
- Keep Craft Alive
- Log Home Living
- Military Trader/Vehicles
- Numismatic News
- Numismaster
- Old Cars Weekly
- Old House Journal
- Period Homes
- Popular Woodworking
- Script
- ShopNotes
- Sports Collectors Digest
- Threads
- Timber Home Living
- Traditional Building
- Woodsmith
- World Coin News
- Writer's Digest
Replies
hello, for what's its worth, never really used a residental book to estimate costs for home building (maybe once to figure a re-roofing on my last house) but I am a scheduler for heavy highway projects and have been compling historical data on production rates over several projects and have comparing the production rates in the means heavy construction book(s). I have have found the production rates stated in means much less then what I have complied.
Dan
We've been using it for years. Had good experience with it.
It, like every other cost data book, is good for some areas, not so good for others. I've found their prices to be "fairly" close for the NJ area, but some were extremely low and some extremely high. The best advice is to alway use them only as a gut check if at all possible, and to proceed with caution.
Bob
For NYC, I usually multiply by 3 and I'm in the ballpark.