We're doing a full second story on a cape cod with the master over the attached garage. its a full gut renovation of the existing reconfiguring the downstairs and entirely new upstairs. its costing a small fortune. i don't have a real sense of how much the completed second story would cost as I'm doing too mch to everything.

I would say if you're paying someone to do it, consider doing the full second story vs partial, depending on the amount of space you're modifying. basically if you're already doing the bathroom and adding more space, the additional space for other bedrooms is "realitively" cheap.

I think you'll probably be surprised at what it costs to do what you want, I know I was, but the key is to understand what is driving all the costs and your alternatives. Don't settle for smaller just b/c you "think" it will be cheaper. it may be, but it may not be that much cheaper. I didn't want to get done with a long involved project and find out that if I spent the extra $5-10K (used as an example)I could have had what I really wanted instead of a real compromise.

Did you do this? How did it go? What did you end up spending?

yes I am curious as well...did you complete the job? at what cost?