Why Does Siding Cost $15,000 on One House and $60,000 on Another?
What affects siding cost enough to put two similar houses $45,000 apart, broken down line by line so you can see where your own number lands.
What Will Your Project Cost?These guides give real price ranges from our own jobs in Middle Georgia and Metro Atlanta. Each one breaks down what moves the number up or down so you can see where your house lands. For a range on your own project, use our pricing estimator.Start with what a full exterior renovation costs.
What affects siding cost enough to put two similar houses $45,000 apart, broken down line by line so you can see where your own number lands.
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We’re usually $8,000 to $15,000 more than the guy with a truck and a few helpers. Sometimes more than that.
Against another James Hardie Alliance contractor, we’re usually within $3,000 to $5,000 — and that gap is almost never markup. It’s scope. Somebody’s proposal includes something the other one doesn’t, and you can’t see it from the outside.
This post is about siding because that’s where I’ve got the clearest numbers. But the reasoning is identical on a roof, a deck, windows, cabinets, flooring, an addition. It’s the same conversation with different products in it.
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