Don't break the bank with remodel
Cost overruns more common than many think
By Bernice Ross, Friday, August 7, 2009.Whether you're thinking about building or perhaps just remodeling your current property, there's one mistake almost everyone makes -- and it's a costly one.
Back in the mid-1980s, I was one of three listing agents on an 83-lot subdivision called "The Summit Above Beverly Hills." (You might have seen it in the tabloids -- it's where Britney Spears lives currently.) I decided to build a home there, and lived in it for 11 years. Recently, we just finished building our current home plus doing a major remodel on another property we own.
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