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Originally Posted by willtel
I was hoping to farm out the tile floor job and got three contractors to come out and look at it. Of those only one followed through with a quote and it was $3900 for the labor not including materials for about 165 sq\ft. Looks like I'll be doing the floor myself too.
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Contractors are so busy with big jobs, that many times, they won't even show up for a small remodel job, let alone give a quote on it. When they do quote, they make sure it will be worth their time, and go rediculously high. Some people choose to pay that price, so you can't really say they over-charged.
This is why I DIY everything myself. My downstairs bath rebuild this year, I removed everything down the studs, and joists, relaced all plumbing, electrical, shower, toilet, walls, ceiling, floor, lighting, paint, and fixtures. I believe I had about half of that $3900 into everything.