When remodeling an entire house is home depot the best/cheapest?
November 8th, 2009 | by admin |
sucrelynn asked:
We need to buy new everything and i can’t decide wether it is worh my time to run around to all of the different stores to price match or if generally home depot is cheaper or equal? We need all new flooring, doors, windows, paint, cabinets, vanity for the bathrooms mirrors, etc…i mean we need everything. so should i go to sherwin williams, and a window supply store and flooring store… any experience would be appreciated. thanks in advance
Leroy
We need to buy new everything and i can’t decide wether it is worh my time to run around to all of the different stores to price match or if generally home depot is cheaper or equal? We need all new flooring, doors, windows, paint, cabinets, vanity for the bathrooms mirrors, etc…i mean we need everything. so should i go to sherwin williams, and a window supply store and flooring store… any experience would be appreciated. thanks in advance
Leroy
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By Angela B on Nov 8, 2009 | Reply
It depends on what you want. If you’re looking for flooring, I got 520 sq ft of tile from Home Depot for $500. The only had a pallet of it left and had to get rid of it. It was REALLY nice stuff. I find that hardware is cheaper at Lowe’s. And I ONLY get Behr paint at Home Depot. There are a lot of local stores near me that have good prices on other things.
By Sandy on Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
You may want to read the answer I posted just a minute ago.
Highly recommend Home Depot and Lowe’s!
By Sylmar Momma on Nov 11, 2009 | Reply
Try Lowes if you have one near you…
i had to replace and boiler and at i found it for about 125.00 less than home depot and the same goes for paint, hardware but you should always shop around….. Kmart and walmart sell paint too..
By donna d on Nov 13, 2009 | Reply
i would stick with one your going to get the best deal at home depot than sherman williams is exspensive.and any window store is going to be more exspensive than home depot also why do you think all the contractors go to home depot.
By colorado kid on Nov 16, 2009 | Reply
careful there little Missy remodeler….cheapest and best are hard to put together realistically….as an experienced carpenter…cheapest is not necessarily the best…think about your motive first…are you going to roll this house over ?? there are a lot of contractor discount places for windows and doors which are high quality brands for low dollar cost…maybe you have one near you…often times the places are competitive in price, but it depends on what style you like…also, it is possible to get discontinued items at a greatly reduced price….good quality for an economical price…worth shopping…good luck….
By snapoutofit on Nov 19, 2009 | Reply
I would not count on them to be the cheapest or have the best selections. We have been slowly redoing lots of parts of our house, and have used Lowes, Home Depot, Centure Tile, Menards, and commercial plumbing places. In general, many places like tile and flooring stores, electircal/lighting places have comperable prices, sometimes better, and MUCH BETTER selection. Fortunately they are all fairly close, and although it has taken extra time, I’m glad I didn’t just stick to Home Depot. Currently Lowe’s and Menards are more my favorite, generally speaking.
By Dog Rescuer on Nov 20, 2009 | Reply
We just did cost comparison between our neighbors who used contractors versus what we did on our own on our home with the wonderful help of LOWES…Professional desk info as needed…
Our neighbors upgrades for painting their house inside and out cost over $6000 using the contractors….
We have spent $ 400 on paint and supplies upgrading on our own….
Our neighbors took up all the linoleum flooring in their kitchen and bathroom floors and laid down tile with contractors… It cost them $7000..
We did the same thing to our home ourselves…It cost us
$900.00 for all supplies…
We are currently putting up a new acre wide fence…Our neighbors contractors drug their heels and it took 10 days and 5 people and cost them close to $12000 with their home loans they got….
My husband is doing ours.. The total cost is for us is $800.00 so far it’s taken 3 days and we’re almost done…
There is a huge difference in cost when you invest the time to find out about how to do it yourself..The best thing is the appraisal people and insurance company rep came around and looked at the upgrades and said so far we have upped the appraisal values on our home over $25000…
Not bad for enjoying working on your home….
By JuJuBean on Nov 22, 2009 | Reply
We have done lots of home remodeling and generally prefer Lowes over Home Depot. I am not saying it is better, but they do have a larger selection of things, like vanities, lighting, fixtures or other things that HD simply did not carry. We also found the “help” to be very knowledgable, but that will depend on each store itself. But for some things, it might be worth checking out a few other places, like outlet places for tile. We found that both Lowes and HD has lots of broken tiles in thier boxes. If you need big ticket itmes like windows, it wouln’t be a bad idea to call around for pricing, if you plan to have those delivered and installed by the seller. But if you are doing all of the work yourself (like us), it is handy to shop at one store. For a big project like a deck, Lowes also will help you select all your materials and give you a printout. If you pay for a large bundel like this (look for thier finace specials), you can just pick up the stuff as you need it and they will take it off your list. This saved us from hauling stuff home that we did not end up needing and they credited our account. You might want to go to each large store in your area and see which one has the stuff you like and will need. As for paint, we like the Lowes Valspar much better than HD Behr. Yes, some stuff at Lowes may have been a few pennies higher, but not enough to make a difference and it was worth it to get what we wanted.
By livn4themin on Nov 23, 2009 | Reply
We have contractor supply places here that you can find amazing deals on cabinetry, windows, and lighting that people have not liked when they ordered for their own home, or contractors have pulled “like new” out of old homes. It was way too expensive for me to remodel my home with everything from Lowe’s or Home depot - I needed to shop around.
Look for other alternatives as well if you wish to keep your cost down.
By sugar magnolia on Nov 26, 2009 | Reply
Anytime you are going to remodel you should definitely shop around. Be aware of sales going on also. It will be worth your time in the long run if you save $$!