“All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don’t know by what you do; that’s what I called ‘guessing what was at the other side of the hill.'” — Duke of WellingtonSo, how much will Trees House cost to create? And another question: Is it better to venture one best guess, or to sum up a list of smaller guesses? I suspect the latter: that the smaller and less complicated a project is, the more accurate the cost estimate will be, making the overall number a simple matter of addition.
- Extend the garage ($17,000 to $19,500)
- Trees Room ($40,320 to $56,000)
And a bunch of mix-and-match options that bring the total up to $171,230 to $232,925.
Using the mean halfway between low and high estimates, for convenience, we have Houselift + Garage + Trees Room = $139,538. Which of these additional projects would you spring for?
- Upgrade roof to metal $10,000
- Hydronic heating, gas boiler $11,500
- Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances $10,000
- Extend kitchen north $11,740
- Extend to the west $13,500
- Finish basement as wine cellar $2,750
- Enclose front porch $1,250
- Sun tunnels, skylights $1,800
Talking about real numbers is depressing, except that it means real improvements are that much closer to reality.
Your house doesn't need to be bigger just better, and a large part of that is just literally cleaning up and respecting the quality that the house does have.
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