This has been a big job. It’s a large house and it had been run down by previous owners and lying empty during a couple of Detroit winters. The crew have been beavering away for about a month now and the place is looking very different. In fact, unrecognisable inside such has been the improvement.
Bathroom is just about completely new, with bath and sanitary unit fitted and tiles glazed. Kitchen has new sink and had a complete makeover, with new window and floor.
All rooms have been repaired and smartly painted.
Outside, the damaged front steps have been repaired and new rail put around. The garage is looking much better now after painting.
Much of the work isn’t evident to the casual observer, such as the extensive wiring and plumbing work that was needed. In fact, much of the wiring and all switches and sockets are new. Same too for the plumbing, where just about all old piping has been replaced by plastic piping which is more suitable to sub zero Detroit winters. The water tank is new too.
In fact, a tally up of the work here would normally cost about what the client paid for the whole house! We know the crew working on it aren’t making any profit. They are doing it at materials (real) cost with a few hundred dollars wages simply to retain supply of work from us.
And this is really the crucial point about buying from P4P. We can do the building works for less, usually far less than the ordinary buyer. We’ve been able to halve or more quotes that client’s got themselves! Even if you were able to source and safely buy a property to a good price and location, as likely as not it would take multiple quotes and much work to get a low build price. Even then, you will require a manager on the job every single day otherwise as likely as not things would go wrong, badly wrong.
There’s not the space here to outline all the potential pitfalls of self purchase and build in Detroit, but suffice to say we think our value for money is second to none. Our profit is essentially in what we can save in build costs – in other words, out of the builder’s pockets, not the clients!
And this is really the crucial point about buying from P4P. We can do the building works for less, usually far less than the ordinary buyer. We’ve been able to halve or more quotes that client’s got themselves! Without compromise on materials or quality of work.
