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Originally Posted by ken0042
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- Fixtures and trim. He can put in a bunch of "boob lights" for $10 a piece, and the prices go up from there. Same thing with trim; there is quite a difference between cheap and nicer trim.
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We got our basement developed many years ago. It worked out pretty good. Nice professional looking result. (Which is why I would never attempt to do any of the work myself.)
Out biggest problem was the fixture budget. As part of the estimate he allocated x amount for fixtures. Which seems like a pretty good amount until you consider how many fixtures are involved.
We would have had to buy those cheap looking $10 lights if we didn't add hundreds of dollars more.
Also, if you have having some custom shelving being built be very clear what you want. Very very clear. Even just simple shelving. We have a small closet with some shelving that is just plain stupid. I should never have accepted what they did. But stupid me did.