Do I actually have to go into a store to price carpet or is there some where online I can do it? I am about to purchase a house quot;as isquot; and I'm calculating the approximate expenses of things repairs that need to be done.
You can probably get a ballpark estimate by just calculating how much square footage of carpet will need to be purchased and installed. I say ballpark because the type of carpeting you buy can vary...I've seen carpet as low as $1/sq. foot and up to $5/square foot. Installation (can vary) but is typically $3/square foot. Also keep in mind, if you're buying a house built in the 50s or before that you may have hardwood floors, with some ambition and a floor sander you could refinish that wood yourself for about $500. My sister and her family did that...it is tedious and time consuming and messy, but it saved them thousands.
www.okorder They have a project center with programs that help you build your own project.
Write down the dimensions of the rooms and take them to a carpet store for an estimate of how many square yards of carpet it will take to replace it. Sometimes the length of the roll of carpet has to be accounted for, and it therefore isn't as straightforward as it might seem. In other words, you could have two rooms with identical square footages, but they way they're shaped could mean that one would require you to buy more carpeting than the other.
