Spending on home improvements falls 12 percent
Published: May 13, 2009
Tags: Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, Homeowners
Comments: 1

J.W. Elphinstone
AP Real Estate Writer
The estimate: $13,600. The reaction: a hammer.
Daniel Bell is doing demolition work himself after a contractor told him how much it would cost to remodel the upstairs master bedroom and bath in his 85-year-old farmhouse in Brentwood, Tenn. He’s doing the trim work and painting too, and will shave $3,725 off [...]
