New unfinished basement - $30K fair or no?

[Hammie]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

If you haven't actually purchased the home yet, make sure you have the inspector check to see if it's PROPERLY waterproofed...... if not, you can probably add $10k for that aspect alone......

When thinking about going that route for our home, the estimate for waterproofing came in at $12k and was a deal breaker....... We were prepared to spend $10k just on digging the floor down an extra couple of feet, but for $20-$25k just to get the basement "prepped" for framing was way too much to make the project feasible.

We spent between $10-12K on waterproofing our basement. This included french drains, skim coat over our 1910 stone foundation, and a sump pump (we did not have one ).

Once that was done, I was able to re-finish our basement since I have a construction background. Growing up around the family business helps in many situations.