House remodel costs in the Bay Area

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Apr 3 35 Comments

I live in a single family house in the Bay Area, and I am considering a whole house remodel with major additions (have a big enough lot for that).

I live in an old 1500+ sq ft single story house with 3 beds. The plan involves adding 1250 sq ft to the house (new kitchen, office, new bed, new master bath with walk in closet), install new floor for the entire house, new plumbing, new electrical, new mechanical (Cooling and Heating), new roof, garage refinish, new stucco , new larger windows, repaint (inside and out), new sunlights and a total of 4.5 baths. There are few other changes, can’t list them all. Due to building code restrictions where I live, this will continue to be a single story house.

I have several quotes from licensed contractors. After eliminating outlier quotes on either extremes, I have a quote for $800K + cost of finished materials. The contractor is good, known to have done big jobs and comes with stellar references. I can afford this, but I want to make sure I am not being taken for a ride here.

If anyone has done a major remodel in recent times, would you mind sharing your thoughts on the quote? I understand prices have gone up recently, but want to make sure the quote makes sense given the size of the job in the Bay Area.

PS: We will move out during the remodel.

Blind tax : TC 600K-800K (haven’t paid close attention honestly).

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    bobuddy

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    bobuddy
    We got a bid of 300k just to remodel the kitchen and master bathroom (minor structural work involved), re-do the flooring of the kitchen+living room. And the bid doesn't include materials.
    I think 800+ for your scope is reasonable.
    Apr 4 6
    • What I mentioned earlier is $350-400/sqft

      If u include these ur cost will go up since they are working with more sqft now (even though not everything’s done from scratch as in foundation changes etc) ur cost will go up

      $500/sqft but it’s $700/sqft for u that’s a lot higher

      If u do math: $700/sqft * 2000sqft home = $1.4mill (for a brand new home my friend at mission blvd, Fremont paid $2.5mill for 4000sqft - 2 floors = $625/sqft a year ago add inflation that’s $700/sqft)

      Urs not brand new from foundation to everything = hope this gives u a good analogy or idea how much more ur per sqft cost is
      Apr 4
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      @lmlo38 Would you mind sharing some contractors’ names that do the remodeling at the price you suggested?
      Apr 10
  • I am currently renovating my home… planning to add more sqft 1200sqft in few years

    Ur contractor cost is $700/sqft that’s double the cost in current market ($350-400/sqft is upside)
    Apr 3 7
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    Mesk
    Yeah , I have received 400 ish quotes from contractors. 700 per sqft is very high.
    Apr 3 1
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      OP
      Note that the existing house is being remodeled significantly. Do you think a quote of $400/sqft should cover whole house remodel + addition?
      Apr 3
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    BKvL32
    Seems reasonable to me. I’m looking at about $400k for two bathrooms, new floors, new floor to ceiling windows (those are about $70k in materials) throughout, hvac, new skylights. Doesn’t include any additional square footage and I’ve bid it out to 4+ reputable contractors.
    Apr 3 0
  • Im doing the exact thing on a 1400 sq ft house, adding 1000 additional sq ft with a complete remodel of everything. Costing me 650k + finished materials.

    This is for south bay area.
    Apr 10 1
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      I am adding 300+ more square ft and my current house is still 200 sq ft larger. And I have a quote for 100K more. Just comparing things.

      Would you mind sharing your contractor’s name?
      Apr 10