Chanteclair 4S Ranch current phase

[sunny88]

How much was the house when you bought it? Sounds like a “fixer-upper”.
My estimate is based on a house price of $800k with a large yard (8,000 sqft). Landscaping with sprinkler system and swimming pool is about $75k. Plantation shutters, flooring, decoration, some new furniture and new paint another $40k.

[Eugene]

[quote=sunny88]How much was the house when you bought it? Sounds like a “fixer-upper”.
My estimate is based on a house price of $800k with a large yard (8,000 sqft). Landscaping with sprinkler system and swimming pool is about $75k. Plantation shutters, flooring, decoration, some new furniture and new paint another $40k.[/quote]

Many people don’t want swimming pools. Sprinkler systems are cheap (on a 8,000 sqft lot, I’d say $500 in parts to build one from scratch, timer and all). Sod – 30c/sqft. Since at least half of your 8,000 sqft lot will be taken by the house and the driveway, actual grass area will be no more than 4,000 sqft = $1200 worth of sod.

You can have new landscaping for $1700 and some elbow grease…

[Eugene]

[quote=sunny88]How much was the house when you bought it? Sounds like a “fixer-upper”.
My estimate is based on a house price of $800k with a large yard (8,000 sqft). Landscaping with sprinkler system and swimming pool is about $75k. Plantation shutters, flooring, decoration, some new furniture and new paint another $40k.[/quote]

Many people don’t want swimming pools. Sprinkler systems are cheap (on a 8,000 sqft lot, I’d say $500 in parts to build one from scratch, timer and all). Sod – 30c/sqft. Since at least half of your 8,000 sqft lot will be taken by the house and the driveway, actual grass area will be no more than 4,000 sqft = $1200 worth of sod.

You can have new landscaping for $1700 and some elbow grease…

[Eugene]

[quote=sunny88]How much was the house when you bought it? Sounds like a “fixer-upper”.
My estimate is based on a house price of $800k with a large yard (8,000 sqft). Landscaping with sprinkler system and swimming pool is about $75k. Plantation shutters, flooring, decoration, some new furniture and new paint another $40k.[/quote]

Many people don’t want swimming pools. Sprinkler systems are cheap (on a 8,000 sqft lot, I’d say $500 in parts to build one from scratch, timer and all). Sod – 30c/sqft. Since at least half of your 8,000 sqft lot will be taken by the house and the driveway, actual grass area will be no more than 4,000 sqft = $1200 worth of sod.

You can have new landscaping for $1700 and some elbow grease…

[Eugene]

[quote=sunny88]How much was the house when you bought it? Sounds like a “fixer-upper”.
My estimate is based on a house price of $800k with a large yard (8,000 sqft). Landscaping with sprinkler system and swimming pool is about $75k. Plantation shutters, flooring, decoration, some new furniture and new paint another $40k.[/quote]

Many people don’t want swimming pools. Sprinkler systems are cheap (on a 8,000 sqft lot, I’d say $500 in parts to build one from scratch, timer and all). Sod – 30c/sqft. Since at least half of your 8,000 sqft lot will be taken by the house and the driveway, actual grass area will be no more than 4,000 sqft = $1200 worth of sod.

You can have new landscaping for $1700 and some elbow grease…

[Eugene]

[quote=sunny88]How much was the house when you bought it? Sounds like a “fixer-upper”.
My estimate is based on a house price of $800k with a large yard (8,000 sqft). Landscaping with sprinkler system and swimming pool is about $75k. Plantation shutters, flooring, decoration, some new furniture and new paint another $40k.[/quote]

Many people don’t want swimming pools. Sprinkler systems are cheap (on a 8,000 sqft lot, I’d say $500 in parts to build one from scratch, timer and all). Sod – 30c/sqft. Since at least half of your 8,000 sqft lot will be taken by the house and the driveway, actual grass area will be no more than 4,000 sqft = $1200 worth of sod.

You can have new landscaping for $1700 and some elbow grease…

[an]

It wasn’t a fixer, I just want to upgrade it to my taste. 8000 sq-ft lot is pretty big, but how big is the actual yard? The pool is your main culprit for most of your cost though. I bet that’s ~$60k of your total cost right there. Most houses do not have swimming pool, so if you buy resale, you might end up having to put in a pool anyways. Also, to find a house w/ the right size pool, the right kind of plantation shutter, the right flooring in the resale market is pretty hard if not impossible. Everybody’s tastes are different. I can see flooring, shutter, and decoration/furniture being around $40k, if you have expensive tastes. Top of the line bamboo (Taragren bamboo) goes for $10/sq-ft (installed) and if you have a 3000 sq-ft house, that’s about $30k right there. Shutters can easily be $5-10k if you have lots of windows too.

[an]

It wasn’t a fixer, I just want to upgrade it to my taste. 8000 sq-ft lot is pretty big, but how big is the actual yard? The pool is your main culprit for most of your cost though. I bet that’s ~$60k of your total cost right there. Most houses do not have swimming pool, so if you buy resale, you might end up having to put in a pool anyways. Also, to find a house w/ the right size pool, the right kind of plantation shutter, the right flooring in the resale market is pretty hard if not impossible. Everybody’s tastes are different. I can see flooring, shutter, and decoration/furniture being around $40k, if you have expensive tastes. Top of the line bamboo (Taragren bamboo) goes for $10/sq-ft (installed) and if you have a 3000 sq-ft house, that’s about $30k right there. Shutters can easily be $5-10k if you have lots of windows too.

[an]

It wasn’t a fixer, I just want to upgrade it to my taste. 8000 sq-ft lot is pretty big, but how big is the actual yard? The pool is your main culprit for most of your cost though. I bet that’s ~$60k of your total cost right there. Most houses do not have swimming pool, so if you buy resale, you might end up having to put in a pool anyways. Also, to find a house w/ the right size pool, the right kind of plantation shutter, the right flooring in the resale market is pretty hard if not impossible. Everybody’s tastes are different. I can see flooring, shutter, and decoration/furniture being around $40k, if you have expensive tastes. Top of the line bamboo (Taragren bamboo) goes for $10/sq-ft (installed) and if you have a 3000 sq-ft house, that’s about $30k right there. Shutters can easily be $5-10k if you have lots of windows too.

[an]

It wasn’t a fixer, I just want to upgrade it to my taste. 8000 sq-ft lot is pretty big, but how big is the actual yard? The pool is your main culprit for most of your cost though. I bet that’s ~$60k of your total cost right there. Most houses do not have swimming pool, so if you buy resale, you might end up having to put in a pool anyways. Also, to find a house w/ the right size pool, the right kind of plantation shutter, the right flooring in the resale market is pretty hard if not impossible. Everybody’s tastes are different. I can see flooring, shutter, and decoration/furniture being around $40k, if you have expensive tastes. Top of the line bamboo (Taragren bamboo) goes for $10/sq-ft (installed) and if you have a 3000 sq-ft house, that’s about $30k right there. Shutters can easily be $5-10k if you have lots of windows too.

[an]

It wasn’t a fixer, I just want to upgrade it to my taste. 8000 sq-ft lot is pretty big, but how big is the actual yard? The pool is your main culprit for most of your cost though. I bet that’s ~$60k of your total cost right there. Most houses do not have swimming pool, so if you buy resale, you might end up having to put in a pool anyways. Also, to find a house w/ the right size pool, the right kind of plantation shutter, the right flooring in the resale market is pretty hard if not impossible. Everybody’s tastes are different. I can see flooring, shutter, and decoration/furniture being around $40k, if you have expensive tastes. Top of the line bamboo (Taragren bamboo) goes for $10/sq-ft (installed) and if you have a 3000 sq-ft house, that’s about $30k right there. Shutters can easily be $5-10k if you have lots of windows too.

[sunny88]

The lot itself is 8,000 sqft and the house is close to 3,600 sqft. We hired a landscape designer who was worth the money. He oversaw the entire project. The pool itself was about $50k. The plantation shutters were close to 10k.

[sunny88]

The lot itself is 8,000 sqft and the house is close to 3,600 sqft. We hired a landscape designer who was worth the money. He oversaw the entire project. The pool itself was about $50k. The plantation shutters were close to 10k.

[sunny88]

The lot itself is 8,000 sqft and the house is close to 3,600 sqft. We hired a landscape designer who was worth the money. He oversaw the entire project. The pool itself was about $50k. The plantation shutters were close to 10k.

[sunny88]

The lot itself is 8,000 sqft and the house is close to 3,600 sqft. We hired a landscape designer who was worth the money. He oversaw the entire project. The pool itself was about $50k. The plantation shutters were close to 10k.

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