Cost of a Menlo Park Large Remodel - Garage + Guest House + Laundry

A recently completed project in Menlo Park included the following:

• Converting 500 square foot of an existing garage to a new guest house/accessory dwelling

• An addition of ~300square feet

• New driveway

• New two car garage

• Shoring up and old foundation and reinforcing it

• New bathroom

• New Kitchen

• New Bedroom

• New front door

• New landscaping, tile work and fencing

The remodel and addition cost, in 2012 is attached.  Prices have gone up approximately 20% due to the housing boom / housing crisis (depending on whether you're the lucky few who got in earlier).

All this added up to the attached design and construction budget noted here:

Design Permitting and Engineering Fees

Menlo Park 2 Car Remodel + 300 Square Foot Addition

These budgets include almost everything that was paid for such as:

• Menlo Park planning permits

• Menlo Park building permits

• Impact Fees in Menlo Park (such as school, traffic, sewer, PG&E etc...)

• Design

• Structural Engineering

• Demolition

• All Construction

At the time of the project the total cost to design, permit, and build this project was $274,970. In 2020, a similar project would cost around $363,647.