![]() We have engineered quartz countertops in our kitchen now, and I can’t imagine life without them due to my love of wine and marinara sauce and my small children. The cost to do this was super high, about double what it would cost on my own. Nothing crazy, and the tile itself wasn’t too expensive, but it was a “Custom” to use 2 different tiles in one space. If the cost of what you want is a trillion dollars – I wanted an accent wall tile in our master shower. ![]() I’ll take the basic 12x12 and change it out later to get just what I want. If they don’t have what you want – I have a vision for what I want the boys’ bathroom floor and the kitchen backsplash to be, and the builder doesn’t offer it. The cost to upgrade each tub surround was actually a bit less than what it would have cost to get the builder basic tile and have it replaced with something similar. If they have what you want for a decent price – I found a basic subway tile from the Design Center that I liked for our Guest bath and Kids bath. It would cost much more to do this after the fact, so we’re doing it with the builder. To demolish and replace the tile we would either have to chisel the builder basic tile out, or remove the vanities and re-install them. If you have cabinets with legs - we upgraded the floor tile in our Powder and Master baths because the vanities in these rooms have legs. This alone might easily save you $10K on a 2,000 SF area. A good flooring installer can feather in your new wood floors to seamlessly integrate with what the builder put down. The solution? Pay for the floors only in the kitchen area, take note of the product you choose, and order more of it on your own. If you go to rip the tile out later, a few things happen: you risk damaging the new cabinets, your new wood flooring will be installed next to the cabinets, not under them, and then quarter-round trim will generally be needed all the way around your cabinets to hide that transition, making your home look less custom and more like a remodel than a new build. If you have them install the standard tile, they will put the cabinets down directly on your slab and then tile up to them. If you have them provide flooring in the kitchen, they will lay the floor first, and then set the cabinets on top. So why have the builder do them at all? Order of operations. ![]() ![]() That is a HUGE profit that they are making on these floors. If you’ve been around here awhile you know that engineered wood flooring can easily be purchased and installed for about $10-12 per square foot. If you’re going to want wood floors through your main living areas, know this: the builder will often charge you $20-$40 per square foot to upgrade from tile/carpet to wood flooring. Meaning, you’ll still be paying off that tile that you HAD TO HAVE for 15 years after you tear it out and replace it with something else.įlooring in the Kitchen. Those upgrades will actually cost you $86,000 with a 4% interest rate over the life of your 30 year mortgage. I mean, if you’re building a house you can probably find 50 cents, right?! Only you make that decision 1000 times and suddenly you have $50,000 in upgrades. They use some effective persuasion techniques like, telling you that your upgrade will only cost you 50 cents per month. You’re given an extremely tight timeframe (typically 2 or 3 meetings, a few hours each) you are pressured to make the decisions very quickly or face construction delays and additional fees. They send you to a very fancy and well lit design center, full of beautiful things and beautiful people. In this case the builder has outsourced to a company that is tasked with getting you to make all of the decisions. Then there’s The Luxury Car Experience, which is what I’m going to walk you through in this post. ![]()
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