Cost for new front stairs/stoop, walkway = $5,000? archived
Apr 1, 2014 at 4:42am
Watching this one closely because I will need a similar job done on my house soon. $5K was the estimate for my whole driveway and retaining wall so I hope that's the high end for stairs?
We had that done 2 years ago and ours cost right around $5k. Most of the cost is labor and disposal of previous steps/materials. Our old ones were sitting on top of a pile of dirt, no foundation, nothing. No wonder they were beginning to lean! The good news is that it transformed the front of our house so worth the money!
Wow, we need to redo both the front and back stairs so this is really not good news... I expected it to be less....
When you witness the amount of work that is involved (at least in our case) you understand the price they are charging. It still hurts to write that check but it was a ton of work and something we could never do in a million years so I was happy to let someone else do the heavy lifting (pun intended!). Railing was not included and cost us $1,000 for a new wrought iron railing
Materials will also of course drastically affect the price. We went with just a concrete walkway to save money but wanted brick steps with limestone treads and our contractor put a bluestone inset on the landing which looks really nice.
Would you please post a picture? We're going to need this done, too, and the design you describe may be what we're looking at doing. Thanks.
We had our steps removed (three treads) and replaced with bluestone. They regraded and moved two bushes. It cost us about half of what you're quoted. But we didn't have walkway replaced.
That quote is not too expensive and depending on the actual, unseen, conditions, may be cheap
Same here. Ours included the sidewalk so it was around 8K. Most of the bids were around this price. We used pavers for the walkway and the stairs and also bluestone treads.
You can see a picture of ours here...
http://www.luigiconstruction.com/steps/slides/IMG_1334.html
Also the railing was extra as mentioned.
You can see a picture of ours here...
http://www.luigiconstruction.com/steps/slides/IMG_1334.html
Also the railing was extra as mentioned.
oakland2 said:
Wow, we need to redo both the front and back stairs so this is really not good news... I expected it to be less....
Same here!! Good to know, we'll have to make this a longer-term project than I thought.
Apr 1, 2014 at 5:28am Edited
I don't remember what ours cost but we had some other work that had to be done and like @6dave6 says, that estimate may be a little low. We paid probably a little more (I think closer to 8k) to redo brick steps, widen porch, and fix some rotting joists. We put the bluestone that was there back down to save money.
Eta: in fact, after looking @pmartinezv pics, we had very similar work done.
Eta: in fact, after looking @pmartinezv pics, we had very similar work done.
nyc2nj said:
This thread may scare me out of home ownership.
Well I hope you dont have an oil tank or are looking to switch to gas, or have a slate roof then
! You will be renting in no time! We just got a quote for this as well and it was a similar price - I was hoping that contractor was just crazy expensive! To that point, can anyone recommend contractors they liked for this type of work? We'd like to talk to 3-4 companies and I'm not sure who they should be... Thanks!
We got quotes from Avellino, Luigi and a couple of other guys recommended here. Most quotes were within 2K range but ours was for significantly more work (sidewalk, walkway, stairs and driveway border).
Celtic Masonry, Roselle Park. They built a 30' x 20' patio and a seven-foot high fireplace in our yard.
pmartinezv said:
nyc2nj said:
This thread may scare me out of home ownership.
Well I hope you dont have an oil tank or are looking to switch to gas, or have a slate roof then
Or water in your basement. The best 'welcome to home ownership' gift if ever there was one.
I just looked back in my files and realized that I spoke too soon and my memory did not serve me well!!!! We received quotes between 5 and 8K. We went with Avellino (they were the highest) and were able to negotiate them down to just over 7K. Here are some pics:
Has anyone done brick & cement (or something that looks like that combination) for the railing? I love the look of all that brick, but I'm not sure if it will be economically (or space) viable when the time comes.
LW said:
pmartinezv said:
nyc2nj said:
This thread may scare me out of home ownership.
Well I hope you dont have an oil tank or are looking to switch to gas, or have a slate roof then
Or water in your basement. The best 'welcome to home ownership' gift if ever there was one.
Damn, there is a lot to worry about!
cupoftea,
Looks nice! Who made the wrought iron railings for you? Did you liked their work? Did they install or did Avellino?
Looks nice! Who made the wrought iron railings for you? Did you liked their work? Did they install or did Avellino?
nyc2nj said:
LW said:
pmartinezv said:
nyc2nj said:
This thread may scare me out of home ownership.
Well I hope you dont have an oil tank or are looking to switch to gas, or have a slate roof then
Or water in your basement. The best 'welcome to home ownership' gift if ever there was one.
Damn, there is a lot to worry about!
Real estate is not for the faint of heart (or wallet).
Avellino recommended Maza Maza Railing http://www.mazaandmazawelding.com/Home.html We got a quote from them but it was close to $2,000.
So, I checked MOL (of course!) and there was a recommendation for Hillside Railing hillsiderailinginc.com (908) 688-7444 Danny came out and gave us an estimate of $1,000. They did a great job with the railing and installation was quick and painless. I did have to call a few times to check back in and see whether our railing was ready (after the time frame they had given me) but given the difference in price, the fact that I had to call them didn't really bother me that much. In the end, we got a great railing for a more reasonable price. And since we were still recovering from the sticker shock on the steps themselves, we were happy to cut costs somewhere!!!
So, I checked MOL (of course!) and there was a recommendation for Hillside Railing hillsiderailinginc.com (908) 688-7444 Danny came out and gave us an estimate of $1,000. They did a great job with the railing and installation was quick and painless. I did have to call a few times to check back in and see whether our railing was ready (after the time frame they had given me) but given the difference in price, the fact that I had to call them didn't really bother me that much. In the end, we got a great railing for a more reasonable price. And since we were still recovering from the sticker shock on the steps themselves, we were happy to cut costs somewhere!!!
@Roofin, What company gave the estimate? I had an estimate for about 8K for the same (similar) job.
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Total cost is a little over $5,000. Does this seem reasonable to you? Thanks.