Last year, I bought a small home on a couple lots. Estimated value was $5000 more than I paid for it. Only been paying for a year so not much “Equity” in it, but I’ve discovered that it needs quite a bit of work. How do I go about getting financing for a remodel/repair?

I have a home in Manchester Tn and we have been slowly remodeling the home. It is about 2100 sq ft of living space. Our normal electric bill is about 150 a month. We would like to add some solar panels to the home to help reduce the amount of the bill. How many panels do I need and what would be the cost? I am not trying to go completely of the grid but I would like to start somewhere and maybe over the years be able to add. What is your recommendation for a reasonable cost of under 2 to 3 k??

My family has grown too big for our small home. We have been discussing remodeling our home and adding an addition on with more rooms. However, our home is a 1970 modular home and is in bad shape. In the remodeling process we have to put on a new roof, replace all the windows, and do something about the mold in the floor and walls. The thing is we still owe about $50,000 on our home. What should we do? Remodel the existing home and add an addition OR build a new home and tear down the old one?

Think you for your responses, yes their pricing is weird. It is not the pricing that makes me angry it is the quality of work you get from their subcontractors that erks me. Lowes subcontractors vary so much in the quality of service it should be unlawful.

im 16 and i have experience in home remodeling and all that good stuff. i dont think i want to do it as a career but i want to do it as a job and get some money. im good at it so quality is not a problem. just wanna know how old you would need to be?

My fiance, son and I are considering buying a house that was foreclosed on in the middle of them remodeling. It’s a 3 bedroom, and the room that is closest to the family room they tore down the top half of the wall and were making an attempt to put a bar in (we think). Anyhow, they put a hole in the hardwood floor and built a staircase leading to the basement and it takes up more than half of what was once the 3rd bedroom. I don’t know how to cover the hole back up and put the stairs in another place that would allow us to rebuild the 3rd bedroom back to it’s original size! The space where the stairs are is roughly 4×5 feet and all of the floors are hardwood. We plan to carpet the whole house if we choose to get it though. Does anyone know how you would essentially put the floor back into where it used to be? And how costly it would be? I don’t even know where to begin! Thanks!

I have a blank Form 515 Sumary of Estimate with the itemized reverse. Is this adequate for home remodelling or renovation? Or should I use some other form for getting a contractor’s estimate on the work and materials? Please advise me.
The work is quite extensive. It includes roofing, flooring, and many things inbetween.

I have a older house w/newer ducting for heat/ac. The ducting was routed under the kitchen counter and there was a section cut out of a cabinet (kickboard) to release the air. I’m curious if I can simply block off the duct work? or should I go thru the hasle of cutting out the new flooring? I’ve had to pull out all the flooring on 1/2 the kitchen to repair dryrot issues so access is still easy. I dont think having this one register out of the loop would really affect the house much but I guess thats why I’m asking.
Should I have the ducting simply blowing into the bottom of the cabinet? and then putting on a grate or something similar on the front kickboard to release pressure?

i am switching from oil to gas? Type of heating systems? Type of insulation, windows, doors, light bulbs, faucets, toilets, energy rated appliances?