Split levels are hard to run and hide cleanly(assuming you DON'T WANT exposed wires) , unless you have a drop ceiling in the basement
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I've got a 3 story duplex. Its a bear, I ended up tucking mine between carpet and baseboard lol then inside return air ducts.
$150/run in my area is what I get.
One thing I discovered recently that has actually been around for a while is MoCA which in the current standard allows you to turn your coax cable in your home in to a 2.5 Gbps LAN. Doing something like this would allow you to drop a switch at each coax outlet in your home for ethernet distribution to that room of the house, and then you can do normal office cable management rather than having to run ethernet behind the walls.
You might price out what the adapters + switches would cost and then compare that price to what it would cost for someone to run the cable for you.
Personally I would only want the most qualified electrician who also knows details like using "plenum grade" cable to run ethernet in my home. I've heard way too many horror stories ranging from poor cable speeds due to damaging cables during install and miss-wiring keystone jacks, all the way to fires.
If you do it yourself, the cost of materials and tools. Which would be about $150-$250. It is easy to do and learn and due to being low voltage there is very little risk. Just make everything as neat as possible.
If you hire a person, it is base $150 per run. But they usually have a minimum requirement.
$2 a foot is what I used to charge with no patching of drywall holes if it came to that.
$2 a foot? You're hired! I'll even fly you in at that price.
This is charity level pricing.
Adds up real quick in decent sized structures. I also wouldn't bother if the job wouldn't be a minimum of $500.
In my split level there is a single interior wall which spans all three levels. Find this wall in your parents house point the installer to it and put the networking cabinet against it.
Ugh you lucky SOB
$150 per drop