New homeowner. Did I overpay $3,800 for porch steps and some plumbing?

I’m a new homeowner in Central Illinois, so I’m still trying to figure out what home repairs should realistically cost.

I hired a contractor for $3,800 to rebuild my front porch steps and replace some PVC piping in the basement.

We agreed to reuse as much of the existing wood as possible, which I was fine with. The steps are about 3 feet 8 inches wide, and honestly, they look almost exactly the same as before. I’m not entirely sure how much was actually rebuilt.

For the plumbing, he replaced around 3 feet of the secondary stack and worked on the washer discharge. From what I can tell, it was only a few pieces of PVC.

Originally, I was also expecting a new railing to be included in that $3,800. I had asked him about the railing before the work started, but he never included it in the written contract. I didn’t catch that at the time, which is something I’ll definitely be more careful about in the future.…