I finally had a chance to sit down and update the budget spreadsheet with the purchases from the past year. I've been keeping a spreadsheet from the moment Harris said, "ok, let's talk about it..." that realistically laid out how much everything could possibly cost. Originally, we estimated that the total restoration of the house would cost about $269,000 based on previous work, sqft, general guesses, and hope. This project was costed by us after spending about 60 minutes in the house. After almost 1000 days, we ended up spending about $315,000 to restore the house. Seems like a nice round place to stop for now. Where were our estimates wrong (off by 25% or more)? Electrical work - why? More wires had to be fished through walls, the whole house amps had to be increased, etc. Plaster - Ed was wonderful, but he ended up taking about an additional 3 weeks to do the whole house and his lower cost helper went on vacation at some point... Interior woodwork ...