Painting Ourselves to Save Money: good idea or bad idea | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Steve Faber (stevecityvisioninc.org) | |
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:13:14 -0700 (PDT) |
The bids have come back for our cohousing project. We have asked our
General Contractor to suggest some cost saving options. One of the
big items he suggested was to have the group complete the primer and
base finish coat paint for the interiors of the units. This is a 44k
item if we opt to do it ourselves. There are several individuals in
the group that are gung ho about this option and are willing to
organize the project. The contractor is saying that he could give us
a window of time where people could get in and get their unit
painted. This is obviously fraught with peril for individuals and
the group in terms of possibly delaying construction or poor
workmanship, but it is a big enough cost reduction that we need to
seriously explore the possibility.
Have any other cohousing groups done this? What were the challenges? Or if your group decided not to do something like this, why? Any recommendations would be helpful...
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Prefab houses/units seniorcohousing, October 6 2006
- Re: Prefab houses/units Jan Probst, October 7 2006
- Painting Ourselves to Save Money: good idea or bad idea Steve Faber, October 24 2006
- Re: Painting Ourselves to Save Money: good idea or bad idea Anne Fleck, October 24 2006
- Re: Prefab houses/units Dahako, October 7 2006
- Re: Prefab houses/units Fred H Olson, October 9 2006
- Re: Prefab houses/units Philip Proefrock, October 9 2006
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