I can't wait for all the pics!!

Tease!

FINALLY someone posted a real budget breakdown! Thank you for being real with the money you spent. Can't wait to see the results.

Would love to know who your handy tractors were and if you'd recommend them.... About to embark a similar project near st Pete's. Can't wait for the pics! Great job!

Post pictures soon! Also, please do updates on the decor (I thought that was the plan all along???)

I don't think that's the ugliest condo I've ever seen... You should see the house that we bought !!! And yes, please post some pictures of the finished product !!!

I don't see any charges for labor. It would be great if you could break it out into labor and materials. And didn't you hire a contractor? What was his fee?

@obleak1 - you might have missed the labor line, but it's in there right above the construction materials line. you also might have missed the entry about how i hired these guys: the way they quoted for the job was for their labor only. i was responsible for sourcing everything, paying for materials directly, etc...

Thank you for posting your budget figures! I am amazed you did an entire condo for that amount. It is truly inspiring. Also, I just have to say that this series has is one of the best features on AT I've read. Well done!

I'm really looking forward to the final product. This has been a great series. Congratulations!

Wow, are your contractors remarkably cheap, or are they just remarkably expensive in NYC where I live?

Thanks for being so forthcoming with the costs, it's very useful info.

Sad trombone noise for no photos.

Thanks for posting budget info, that's always very helpful to see.

You're happy overall with the results, right? Or are you just relieved at this point to have it done?

Wow! I am in the middle of renovating my kitchen & living area on the bottom floor & I have to say on a very fixed budget (being paid by insurance for a water leak) and I can't believe how cheap your cabinets and bench top are. Maybe it's just a lot more expensive in Australia but my cabinets were about $13,000 + labor (and they weren't custom)....I am seriously gobsmacked.

I am hanging on the edge of my seat.

Did you get your counters fixed?

I just renovated a 650 sq ft (one-bedroom) condo, and my costs came out about the same as yours, and with the same type of work done. The only thing I bet you didn't have to do that I had to do was scrape off the popcorn ceiling which was permeated with fifteen years of smoke and cooking grease. Now that was pleasant.

Does anyone understand why this posting only has one photo? Please explain it to me?

I see that they want to get the rooms "photo ready" but why not just shoot them empty or wait to post this when it's all done?

I'm also very interested in knowing the outcome with the counters.

@joannaelizabeth - I can help with your question! This post is just one in a long series about renovating this condo, with this week's topic being about the budget breakdown of the entire project. If you want to read the rest of them, go to the links at the bottom of the post. Otherwise, I will be posting before & after photos over the next week or so, so you can see the results. And you're exactly right. I will be posting photos of empty rooms because the place is not decorated. When I wrote photo ready it means that I am cleaning up construction dust, screwing in cabinet knobs, and doing all the other necessary things after the contractor finishes a job. Is that helpful? Let me know if you still don't understand!

@nutterbuddy- ah, thanks for asking, but no I am still working on it. I have since gone straight to Ikea and they are mediating for me. I was really fed up with speaking to them directly, so I'm going to let ikea do it for awhile. I have a feeling this is going to take a bit, probably long after this series is over. Maybe I'll have to do a postscript in a couple of months :). Fun times.

@snoozy. Yes, we had the dreaded popcorn ceiling as well. If you go back to the original post, you'll see the place in all its original glory.

@georginalouise - I think it's a little bit of both. If you go back to my post on choosing a contractor, you'll see more about my process of choosing them, along with the perceived trade offs, for better or worse. All of which turned out to be true btw.

@rocketscientist. A little bit of both. They are some things I'm not thrilled with, but I can certainly live with them. And yes, I am also very happy to be done.

I am very interested in what you all will have to say about it. I have loved reading everyone's comments throughout the series.

Great series, I am sitting on my hands waiting for those after pics (well, figuratively speaking). Oh, and I'm now terrified of all the ceiling fans in my home.

Well done, and without a line item for doctor's visits for sanity checks or DYI injuries! (Something I always seem to have)

Is that a picture of the "before?" That is far from the ugliest...its got a balcony, palm tree views, nice floors, and huge window/doors. You havent seen ugly.

sure, we've all seen "uglier". and yes, we would have each made different design decisions and done things our own way - but - GREAT SERIES! it has led to lots of discussion, controversy, and drama in the blog world. it showed a remodel from start to finish. i'm excited to see the full recap of before and after photos. and hope apartment therapy takes on another willing soul to document their remodel project. HOUSE TOUR of the former ugliest condo please!