Is this a reasonable estimate?

11 years ago

Hello, my husband and I live in NE Ohio and are relatively new to home repair costs and what is reasonable. We recently received an estimate of $510 for labor and materials to do the following:
*Repair refrigerator line to cold water (currently hooked up to hot water from previous owners)
*Remove laundry sink faucet and install new one. (Current one is corroded and leaky.)
*Repair outdoor garage light and replace work box (current one is too small).
Can anyone weigh in as to whether this is a fair estimate for our area? Thank you in advance!

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stolenidentity
11 years ago
Hard to say. I always get more than one estimate (except in the case of an emergency) and compare those.
cearbhaill (zone 6b Eastern Kentucky)
11 years ago
Yes, get other estimates.
But also brush up on your DIY skills.
I am a little old lady and am perfectly capable of performing (and have performed) two out of three of those jobs and I have no doubt that I could learn the third with some googling.
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11 years ago
If that bid includes the new faucet(and the faucet is around $100), it seems in the ball park.

When I connect refrigerator lines, I do not use the saddle type(clamp that pierces the copper line), so that means sweating in a fitting.

And a decent outdoor light fixture is +- $40.

But, getting more than one bid is always a good idea. The down side to getting multiple bids on several non related jobs is finding handy type folks who do that.