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Spending on home improvements falls 12 percent

Published: May 13, 2009
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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 [...]

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