The Total Cost to Renovate a DC Rowhouse

Recently some of the very final renovation related items in the house were completed, so I started putting together a spreadsheet of every receipt and invoice I have from this process. I’m probably forgetting a few smaller purchases, but this covers most of the major items for the total renovation, including architect and construction permit fees, all the labor costs and the fixtures (which I handled purchasing to avoid markup from my contractor).

The total cost ended up being about $225/square foot. I did include some unnecessary items in the total below (like wallpaper and fancy window shades), so excluding those it is more like $220/square foot.

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