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?”
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?”
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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.