Before Madlene's remodeling stories start, I wanted to make a postscript report on mine. My remodelling guy followed my instruction to account for every single dram that was spent during the remodelling, and gave me the report last weekend. I would prefer not to post that kind of personal info on the web, but in this case I really feel like I should so that people can see an example of the expenses involved. I have to put it all in a spreadsheet and add it up officially, and when I do that I will post it on here line by line I think... especially if there is interest. But in any case, the total for every single expense to remodel my one bedroom flat, with a large balcony, NOT including living room furniture or appliances was approx. $7,500. That includes materials, labor, bed, kitchen cabinets, bathroom, water reserve tank, light fixtures, tiles, parquet floors, wall demolition and rebuilding, etc, etc, etc... I mean everything! And as I said, it turned out perfectly and the guys were really a pleasure to work with, even though they did take longer than they estimated.