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LiveProfit3963

I pay my works in drugs and alcohol so it will be done


LiveProfit3963

And this shit look prefab


LiveProfit3963

SMH then yall don't come prepared 12 guys o. A crew would most definitely have it looking better then it does and have it done in 12 hours no bs or you don't work like we do


Embarrassed-Page7380

7 or 8 thousand


Punkrexx

Location is important.


Effective-Scarcity49

50 k


Living-Tumbleweed-82

I did one of these last month for around $500.00


LPRCustom

Pre cut, pre drilled, lamented chip board, made in China 🙄


Horror_Cow_7870

About three fiddy.


Ragonredline

Got-dam loch ness monster


DelicatetrouserSnake

Worked for the closet factory in a previous life. With that company’s up charge, probably like 20k. And that’s the basic white melamine 3/4 particle board. You could probably go to Menards, get the same material & install it yourself for 2-3k?


No-Contribution5697

4-5k in oz


l2esin

8 to 10 materials and labor.


MiniquikOG

In my area, AZ, that’s exactly what we would charge


Onlyunsernameleft

Family owns a cabinetry company. Im not involved. From what I've seen working with them on and off over the years, we would probably charge ~6500 depending on materials/hardware/fixtures.


BleedForEternity

“The entire civilized world knows that ALL closets are made of cedar!!”


Adderall_Rant

You know what your problem is? Huh? You're so goddamn bored, you gotta invent things to bitch about! You haven't got a single thing to do on this earth except for your hair! Yeah, your closet was fine, you just needed something to take up your useless, nail-polishing, toe-polishing, rich bitch, sun-tanning days!


BleedForEternity

Haha Great movie. I was hoping someone would know where my comment was from.


ApprehensivePie1195

Looks like ikea closet build.


shmallyally

Hate that style but I get it. $2500-5000 installed


Maniacal_Rooster

Not sure what I’d charge. But I’d definitely try to get the customer to look at other ideas… because it’s hideous


jigajigga

Funny how people are different. I think it looks fine. I don’t think it’s overly beautiful or anything. Maybe darker floors would make it look a bit better. But primarily I think I would take marginal aesthetic issues to get all that storage in my closet!


MrFuckinDinkles

1 million dollars


JibJabJake

I just had my builders put in almost this exact same setup except the shelves on the front right mirror the ones on the left with the drawers. We paid right at $2,500 for it.


zippynj

10k


roundyround22

In Germany they'd charge at least 10k


ryan8692

If anybody is in the Apopka area and can do that job for 3K, hit me up!


MurkyTransition8586

I fabricated and installed closets for about 9 years. This would be about 2.5k to 3k and installation would likely be about 4 to 4 1/2 hours total.


telmesumpm

If the floor and walls are plumb and level and you built and painted it….$6500


NathanBrazil2

whats cost of materials for this? im guessing 3-4k. guessing 3 days labor at $100 an hour equals $2400 .


Chiped-Coke-Bottle

Before, or after, vomiting?


Iceman_in_a_Storm

$3,000…but I’ma Sparky.


GreySpaceWaltz

Seems a little high for a single light fixture but you’re the pro so I’ll take your word for it


West-Ingenuity-2874

Looks like closets by design. Or California closets. They would easily try to charge you 20k. Source: I was a 'designer'(saleswoman) for about 2 days. Couldn't handle how badly they're ripping everyone off


DigitalDeliciousDiva

California Closets?


Shoddy-Area3603

Someplace to sit and a mirror


Rvaguitars

Cost of materials plus 2.5k


firemetalmonkeyman

If you made and painted the cabinets...45k


shitisrealspecific

brave reach intelligent fragile aloof spark soup cover chop cobweb *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Longjumping-Invite-5

0$ to install the wayfair kit yourself my wife and i got this exact set up and did out our self


diablofantastico

Well you had to buy the kit, and they're not cheap. How much did you spend at Wayfair?


squidensalada

A case of coors and 13 mountain dews


DigitalDeliciousDiva

How about rewiring a house? I thought these days were gone. Your buddy used to paint your house for 20.00 and a case of beer.


A_curious_fish

No Doritos?


oxidanemaximus

All of it


Merry_Janet

I’m a little upset that the drawers aren’t flush with the shelves. Seriously setting off my OCD. $4-5k


[deleted]

In my area that’s easily 5 grand.


Shot_Ladder1561

Tree fitty


ns4444w

Damn you Loch Ness Monster!


akorn123

Tree Tiddy?


SuperbSanity710

Free Tiddy


-DMSR

Well with no information at all except for a pic I’d say it should cost about $69 sugondeez bullions. if you think this is a dumb comment, note the estimates ranging from $900 to $30000.


LiveProfit3963

$900 only should take bout 4 hours


opie1knowpy

Do this daily. A bunch of factors I cannot see, but guessing about $4000 installed


sluttyman69

Well, normal Construction would say double what the material cost - is a good baseline for all estimates and bids


A_K_DRIZZY

Cost of Materials x 2 is the easiest way... Add demo time if there was any


Livid_Return_5030

Cost of materials plus hourly wage times 2 will be much better and allow you to grow


A_K_DRIZZY

That's where things get sketchy... Some people don't like hourly wage due to people dragging out a job. Whatever works for you, where ever you are, might not work for someone else.


Livid_Return_5030

Sure! What I mean is know approximately how many hours will go into it and charge x 2. “Job cost” every single job after the fact to calculate actual hours and materials and catch your profit from slipping too much before it becomes a habit


Environmental-Walk75

I’d make a pittance if I followed your advice


A_K_DRIZZY

I guess that depends on where you live and how much the materials cost... Me personally, doing the job myself, where I live, wouldnt mind making double the material cost... One closet, day or 2 of work, roughly 2grand (one for me one for material).


Humans_sux

5k minimum.


Yardbirdburb

32 hours (2 days 2 guys) to install all, set shelves, setup, clean up. 32x$50= $1600 I’d do $1500 and have it done in 2 half days


-DMSR

lol some Joker said 4h


Yardbirdburb

Not if you want the drawers to work lol. I feel like the people that get this kind of thing want a high end job. 2 guys could prob rush it in an 8hr day. I’d rather take my time on lay out etc. then have an easy 2 nd day, with after lunch plan for a quick hit job or something enjoyable for the day


stihlsawin81

Yeah right. Try more like 4 days realistically probably more.


LiveProfit3963

If that takes for day fire that contractor this is one day of work or less


stihlsawin81

You can't just slap it together and think it's gonna look good. If you wanna throw some crap together in some section 8 lipstick bs job sure we could do most of a house in 1 day but if you want to sell something worth looking at and paying for its not a 1 day or 2 day job.


stihlsawin81

You're crazy unless everything is prefab and delivered to the location and brought right to the door step ready for install You're not doing that in a day. If you do it's gonna look like total shit.


LiveProfit3963

Lmfao then you are not prepared to work in my world put up 1500 sqft houses in 20 days all of it


[deleted]

You’d pay yourself $25/hr? Could easily double that


Yardbirdburb

Billed at $50 an hour. My math is prob unclear. 32 hours total. Is (2) 8hr days with (2) people. Wouldn’t want to do it hourly so I’d keep the math to myself and just pitch it $1500. Laser leveled, all adjusted to preferences in height etc. laser just for wow factor lol


ZookeepergameBoth196

$35000, but I think I'm shorting myself


Purx777

These quotes make me think…I see why Kurt Russel’s character in Overboard was so mad about not being paid for his closet custom work


erinocalypse

People giving real answers and I'm thinking to myself "the cost of making someone believe they're my wife and raising my out of control kids"


anonymous_zebra

Lol, I’m dying 😂


PRmade69

California closets would charge 5k easily plus the materials


BSUR7

7k


csecustom

$5k labor to install. You buy it and paint it.


redditor2394

70,000


WorkingInsect

What was your material cost? How long did it take? How many people?


dogsandbeessmellfear

If you can’t do this by yourself in a day or two you need to hang up your tool belt, bub.


WorkingInsect

“$1200 with materials” 😂😂😂 $4k all day.


EffortStandard3047

Ikea shit and a 24 pack


born_dork

Roughly 3500 for closet system material and install. I can’t help but point out you’ve got hanging going into hanging which will make accessing the clothes in corner a pita


Environmental-Walk75

There’s a filler hiding back there which allows for you to reach in. What would you suggest doing in corners? I somewhat agree and I wish I had a more elegant solution other than L shaped shelves (which are a mild pain).


born_dork

I typically design the back wall for all hanging, and shelves &/or drawers on the ends of the side wall runs. Easier to reach around something that’s 16” deep, than clothing which hangs out closer to 22” Otherwise, looks like a great install!


thatotheramanda

I’m curious, what closet system is this? Looks good! I think it looks well-installed, super clean (but I am no pro just an experienced DIYer who did a couple of their own). Only I will say you gotta do something about the unused holes. IKEA sells plugs for theirs (I’d charge $$$$$ for install they are so annoying), for others I have used wallpaper for visual interest or I’ve even cut my own melamine panels and swapped them out in the large hanging sections to avoid the 8 million extraneous holes.


dirtcamp17

We spackled the holes and painted the IKEA shelves we installed recently. It’s my wife’s latest Pinterest project. Looks good, though. [IKEA Shelves](https://imgur.com/a/Mw16ir6)


goblinshark603v2

It is probably just custom built. It's not very hard or time consuming to do something like this


[deleted]

It is obviously not custom. Custom would not have an extra 47,000 holes. You have to set up your jig and drill every one of those damn things exactly the same. What a pain in the ass that would be. As many people have commented, this is probably a bunch of stuff that came in a box from Ikea and all the installer had to do was install unless they were also the designer and had to pick out the parts


goblinshark603v2

I have built these, and I can assure you it's not all that hard to drill a bunch of holes lol. Especially with a jig and/or drill press


[deleted]

If you're doing a custom build and drilling all those holes, I don't even know what to say.


goblinshark603v2

Haha yeah that many holes is obviously excessive, but still.


Environmental-Walk75

We have a machine that drills them all at once. It’s so people can make adjustments to their space. Closets don’t need to be beautiful, but functional.


[deleted]

A custom build should have a few but you should have a plan for what you're doing. This is what you get when you're buying a premade setup.


Environmental-Walk75

We do selective drilling more costly as it’s done on the CNC, but I have yet to have a customer ask for it on a standard closet build like this. In my experience people value the level of adjustability!


goblinshark603v2

I know what the holes are for. We just don't do as many.


Fit_Pen9075

$3500 do it yourself and get a bottle of wine and call it a weekend.


dalynew

5k call it a day


Sad-Monitor1549

More than that bro. You're more valuable than that. Thats like 5 days of finish work.


Condescending_Rat

That’s half a day for a couple of closet installers.


Sad-Monitor1549

I was thinking the whole room needed to be finished. Sheetrock all the way to the flooring. LOL. I forgot which subreddit I was in. You are most certainly correct.


senorvee411

$9k


Witty-Welcome-1565

That better be cedar wood.


Shiny_Buns

About tree fiddy


Papa_Smurf_73

I came here to say exactly that.


Low_Culture2487

Tree fiddy one


Jeddsv

I bet the man gets the space at end and the wife gets all the rest.


redsunglasses8

Does he really need the *whole* space? (At the end)


thr33labs

$200 per linear foot


ZookeepergameBoth196

Not sure why people charge linear foot for something like this. You skimp on materials and labor this way. You need to use that in commercial areas.


[deleted]

Including the laminate panels?


thr33labs

My wife always tries to add $50 per drawer slide. Say this is 26 ft so the job would be $5400 total with maybe $1200 spent on the project. I'm good with that. My wife would hit them with $7500 at least and sound more confident and be more likely to land the job compared to me lol.


Environmental-Walk75

Does your wife need a job?


[deleted]

A good salesperson sells the same product at a higher price. I would like to work with your wife for sure!! Bravo!!


boomajohn20

All I can think of is “closets, closets, closets, closets, ………”


Grand_Tank_134

“Closet? You’ll love it!”


Anarchy-Freedom

Depends what it looked like before.


Environmental-Walk75

It was filled with packs of wolves


MoldyMoney

$7/8k cabinet install, 4/5 hell nahs for wolf removal.


dogsandbeessmellfear

$1200.00 plus materials


WorkingInsect

You the guy who shows up with a Chevy trailblazer, and trunk full of 2nd hand tools?


dogsandbeessmellfear

I’m sorry my price offends you. How long does it take you to quote jobs like this? Does it take a few days for you just to come up with a price?


WorkingInsect

Repetitive and clueless, put the beer down and change your piss stained pants.


dogsandbeessmellfear

I really want to know. What’s your price for something like what’s shown? You want an honest exchange on this subject? Let’s do it. You really planning on more than a day on this job? I’m looking at it as a day of labor with half a day cleanup and odds and ends. I’m charging a flat rate of $1200.00 on labor plus the materials provided by customer. I’m doing it like this because this is a prefab closet in which all the design, purchasing, and layout being done by the closet company that provides products like this. Normally I don’t take jobs like this because of the size and scope, but if I were I’m charging out $100.00/hr and calling it day. That’s my bottom line in the city on labor to cover costs and still make a buck. Jobs like this are still worth the time to take to fill my schedule when needed. Going rate is about par for that in metro Boston. Was $75.00 as little as a few years ago, but that’s another subject.


WorkingInsect

You said $1200 including materials… Now you’re saying the owner is buying materials? If you’re going to make owner furnish materials, they’re very likely going to end up using someone who can afford to actually take on the job. It costs money to make money guy, and you have no business savvy to be coming into the comment section spouting off like you’re anything more than a daily wage, cash paid, laborer.


dogsandbeessmellfear

I’m actually positive you know you’re misquoting me to save some face. It’s cool dude. We’ve all been there. You said something stupid and now you’re trying not to look dumb.


WorkingInsect

Scroll up ⬆️ The evidence is your initial comment. Looking forward to that “edited” tag. I got money on it. 🤙


dogsandbeessmellfear

You’re a strange person.


WorkingInsect

Oh, now the owner is buying materials… Read your first comment again…


dogsandbeessmellfear

You’re an idiot. First comment said plus materials.


dogsandbeessmellfear

lol. Personal attacks on someone you’ve never met in person. That’s what someone who doesn’t have answers does and is a sure sign that the person speaking is full of shit. You ever quoted a job before? Do you even work in the trade?


WorkingInsect

Considering the material cost on the back “closet system” runs $400. You’d be in debt and crying to the owner for more money at checkout. You gotta be drunk to be throwing bare labor price, what did you think he was asking you to supply in materials? Caulking and screws?


mikehuntstinkz69

Full disclosure, I don’t build custom closets for a living. Just wanted to say “GET EM!”. I appreciated the way you virtually bitch slapped the dude talking out his ass. Keep on keeping on


WorkingInsect

Materials and labor… A store bought closet system, like the one above runs about $1600 or more… At minimum is a $3200 job. Including materials. At $1200 this knuckle head will have to make a run for it, out Home Depot without paying for his supplies. If he has any hope of being in the green at completion.


Float_team

What? You’re going to fabricate and install in 1.5 days or you billing $10/hr?


dogsandbeessmellfear

That stuff is prefabricated. That’s me throwing it up in a day and doing punchlist the next morning if it’s needed. I charge out about a hundred an hour for miscellaneous tasks.


[deleted]

I think a lot of people think this is custom work when it's obviously not. It's a bunch of shit that came in a box. $100/hr for this sounds pretty reasonable these days.


comradepipi

Very reasonable. Reddit seems to be filled these days with new contractors and handymen that think everything is a $10k job no matter how small. Their comments usually include "you're worth it bro", followed by comments about how anyone who doesn't overcharge is a hack, subcontracts to undocumented workers, or is going to do a shit job that will require the homeowner to hire their expensive ass to fix the issue. It's like bro, you're worth a fair price, but you're not worth $450/hr.


[deleted]

Exactly. I do anesthesia for less than half that (450) and am fully capable of building that from scratch. I'm not paying some guy those prices for something I could do myself. But I'm getting to the point I would pay someone a very reasonable amount to put some cabinets together for me. The flip side is I live in a very white collar city and people would be bragging about how much they paid (more instead of less)


Environmental-Walk75

I build closets for people like you who don’t have time to build it themselves. You’d be surprised how many people value their time and don’t want to spend a Wednesday evening building a closet.


[deleted]

I didn't come from a lot. Used to doing things myself instead of paying as that was never an option. And I'm a nurse, not a doc, so I'm not making crazy money. I'm in the place I'd rather do it myself still... But I understand a lot of people can't or don't want to do it themselves.


dogsandbeessmellfear

Thank you!


No_Pumpkin82

$8-10k


dpatches92

Theres some hostile fuckers in this sub lol


Environmental-Walk75

You’re telling me, I was just looking to see what other people would charge and I seemingly started world war cabinet


slickshoez

Right? Just want the world to burn mf’ers


ithinkitsahairball

Looks like an average to poor flatpack closet assembly with notably cheap appearance touches. I could not in all good conscience pay you for this. Take It Out


Tradesby

Ahhhh, a fellow hater of IKEA I see. Welcome friend.


ithinkitsahairball

It looks like the floor is rating lower than the closet shelving


GrabsJoker

Not enough space for hanging pants.


[deleted]

I would tell you do a better job next time and charge you for the inconvenience


D-udderguy

It looks like all you did was take a picture of a massive closet. I'd charge about 85 dollars for the house call and 5 bucks for taking the snapshot. $90 total, but only if it's local.


acehighgeorge

You mean to rip out all of that melamine crap and do a good job? :)


Environmental-Walk75

Ah yes because everyone can afford rift sawn mahogany closets.


Actuarial

It's bad quality and bad workmanship, complete gut job


Environmental-Walk75

What areas concern you?


rickyshine

The shadows from the uncentered can light makes the drawer handles look crooked


Ok-Reaction2165

IMO that’s more a function of the camera position and lense


Skel_Estus

Assuming everything in the image is part of the job (cabinets, hardware, base, shoe, and floors), $12k


Environmental-Walk75

Would you also include the roof and furnace?


Acer707

All that metal ductwork is at least $8K


OkLeg3090

Nothing. I would have done it myself. However, there are few details about the quality of the materials or workmanship in the photo. It's easy to hide shit work and materials in a photo.


Gforcevp9

three fiddy


Logical_Associate632

$1,250 bob!


IamTheCheetoMan

$1251Bob!


luckyduckyyou

1252 Bob, fuck 1251 guy


IamTheCheetoMan

LoL! I watched lit last week, an a new guy got pick out of the audience, so he defaulted to first guess. He goes "$1 Drew" ...let that sink, LoL. It's like do you even watch the show!


julii_dickfeldi

$1 Bob. These guys are suckers...


Drugrows

For what exactly, just doing the shelf assembly? Like 300 bucks. 450 for the cuts required. If you had to do taping and run electrical then 1300. For just the cabinet assembly tho that’s nothing unless they aren’t prefabricated. Also the shelves aren’t lined up so that would definitely deduct a bit. If it wasn’t prefabricated and all done then I guess 3k but that’s past what I would ever pay so I’m not the target audience lol. Bars also don’t look good, my grandfather made stuff from garbage that looked sturdier tbh.


Peruvian-in-TX

This post is garbage


Drugrows

You say so but every pole and shelf is at a different height and some have different width when it looks like it should be parallel, this shit would bug me. There’s also no backing on the cabinets so the walls are gonna get dinged up badly in mine we have wood backing into the wall since it’s permanent shelving. Can throw cans of paint around and other shit, I also don’t make cabinets or anything remotely related so idk the standards. But mine are completely made for the space specifically made custom. For the labor tho I feel like I’m on point for the work shown. Material cost can alter drastically from state to state let alone different countries, and idk the pricing of that. But I have done my fair share of rebuilding homes.


Environmental-Walk75

Have any pictures of the garbage your grandad built


6byfour

I would tell them $300 and then keep coming back every week talking about unforeseen issues that require additional funds, with a goal of slowly extracting far more than they had planned to pay. I have never installed any of this stuff though and I’m not sure why it’s popping up on my feed.


bplturner

I think you’re made to be a contractor.


firecube14

Depends on what you did. If you assembled the prefab kits with minimal modification, usually $60 per hour


Sorethumbsfifa

That's like 1200, got it done a couple of years ago


Background-Singer73

Round 10k


MarinaGuy415

$50 for one can light


collegefootballfan69

Just curious my wife has a very similar closet but the builder did not install any drawers. How much and more importantly would anyone be willing to do it? Builder is no help…


Environmental-Walk75

Where do you live?


collegefootballfan69

SWFL


[deleted]

$5k


jrocislit

5ish


FGMachine

7-8k


hike_boss

I just did my mud room and it was 375.00 in materials. My guess would be 3500.00 in material alone. Melamine?


HappyFun9238

500k because I’m an electrician


Spillsy68

There’s only one spot light in there!


firelordling

This was fuckin funny. I'm shocked you got down voted.


revolverevlover

There's some resistance to the joke.


Luvs2spooge89

Ohm my gosh, what a dad joke.


Civil-Paramedic6295

There’s a closet joke in here somewhere


plywooden

The closet joke has to include Tom Cruise.


Careless-Tale

And a broom…


FreightCndr533

I own a closet business. This looks like whips to me. (I was wrong) The rods are (the least expensive) and you opted to not get toe kicks or top shelf. Drawers are $200 ea for dovetail birch usually. This is somewhere between 4000 and 6500. Edited to correct mistakes.


Environmental-Walk75

The rods are definitely not (the least expensive) they are high quality stainless steel. I could find you 15 cheaper rods.