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Originally Posted by MichiganMat

If I were to buy this place, I would like to do:

- Demo of small kitchenWhy demo it? Just take it apart, paint everything the color you want and put it back together with new hardware. $200.00 A good tip is to take it apart, paint the interior cabinets and faces, back of doors. Reassemble with new hardware and then paint door fronts hanging.
- Fresh carpet in 2 or 3 roomsFew hundred bucks. If the house is on a raised foundation it has hardwood floors under the carpet. Have them refinished instead of putting in carpet. Maybe $1500.00
- new flooring in the kitchenDepends on what you get. With a place that small you may just want to have hardwood to match ran through the kitchen. Assuming you have hardwood under the carpet.1500.00
- lots of paint insideDo it yourself $300.00
- a few small fixes to the bathrooms$400.00
- Addition of 2 doorways Do it yourself.Cornerbead, mud, paint tools, 2x4s,$100.00. Do it before the floors are refinished or carpet put in.
- kitchen remodel with appliances, countertops, cabinetsAppliances $3000.00 or less. Countertops $100.00 sq ft or cheaper for granite. Cabinets, new hardware only $200.00
- possibly full painting of house$3000.00 to $4000.00 each, interior and exterior.

Im confident I can do a lot of this stuff myself (demo, inside paint, bathrooms, possibly doorways), but the other stuff would need contractors for the carpet and kitchen bits.

Would $25K get me there? Any ideas?

Piece of cake.