Home Improvement Bargain Shopping
Planning ahead and patience are necessary when you are looking for the best product and best deal on your home improvement project. Needing something immediately takes away choices and prevents you from shopping unusual, off the beaten track bargain resources.
Case in point. We have two projects around the house that are constantly being put on the back bummer. Upgrading the bathroom and putting a pathway in from our driveway to our front door and around to the side of the house. After dropping $100,000 in upgrades when we first bought the home a few years, we have limited funds to do anymore work. We?re on a quest for the best deal on our do it yourself projects.
Our 1926 home has a cute little bathroom that needs upgrading. Our curent sink is a modern pedestal, which doesn?t work well in a vintage bathroom. We looked at vanities, but the bathroom is small and a vanity would instigate tearing out old cabinets? increasing cost and not increasing cabinet space. Plus it would ruin the look of a vintage bathroom. So we settled on getting a new pedestal sink. Of course, the ones we liked were expensive. So we have an ongoing search on Craigs List to find a great buy.
As luck would have it, we found a newer Kohler Memoirs pedestal sink sitting on the curb in our neighborhood. I?ve priced this model at $400-$600.? It was in perfect condition and included some nice faucets? an added bonus. We asked the homeowners if they were getting rid of it and if we could have it. They said, ?Yes?! Free is the best bargain ever!? Our patience paid off.
Our other project, a front and side yard pathway, is technically my ?do it yourself? project. But my indecision caused us to miss out on the best deal. At RER Demolition they had 50, 18? x 24? used cement pavers for?.. are you ready?just 50 cents each! Super hard to find, I had priced them new at $10 each at The Stone Yard. But by the time I knew we wanted them, they were sold. Drat! Opportunity missed.
Since we need between 20-30 pavers (at 70 lbs each), we also have to have them delivered adding another $80-$100 to our costs.? Again, another project put on the back burner.
Our current project is a 60-foot fence. While we were out pricing fencing we came across some rectangular 18? x 24? cement pavers at Do It Yourself Center for $5.99 each. Their delivery fee was just $50. A savings of 40%!
We are still fans of salvage to save money and the recycling of goods, so we will keep looking at RER Demotion and other salvage yards like Habitate For Humanity .... until we?re ready to start that project. But at least we know where we can go to save 40% when we?re ready.
Hunting and patience does pay off.
Source: http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/entry/home_improvement_bargain_shopping/
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