Getting quotes on finishing my third floor. I know a few people in my neighborhood with similar or identical third floors of about 850 sq ft. paid around $35k last year. Should I expect it to be significantly higher due to current economic conditions or remain in the ballpark?

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I think this is one of those it depends questions.

I got a quote to update plumbing last year for two bathrooms but didn't get around to doing it because other projects came up that were time sensitive. That quote was 10k. Asked last week if we could revisit the job and they requoted 13k. Zero has changed, they didn't even come back to look at it again, simply slapped a 30% surcharge via email with no explanation.

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Thanks yeah I realize it’s going to be very dependent on work and individual company. Probably depends on demand for that contractor too.

Last year and this year should be near the same. The big diff would be a year before

Say earlier last year prior to the drastic increase in prices.

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