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03/25/08, 10:15 AM
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Building price per sqaure foot in your area?
Right here for a post and beam, it's $250-$300. Though the $300 is granite counters and all the jazz. For a basic 2000 sq' in my area- it's $500,000.00
I'm now looking for alternatives!
I'm unable to self-build as my 'real' job is how I'm paying for the land.
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03/25/08, 10:20 AM
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You can build a house in the NE Texas area generally from anywhere between $60/SF and $250/SF, depending on the quality. That's turn-key.
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03/25/08, 10:31 AM
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I'm shooting for 5$/foot. Doing 100% of the work myself. Figure 1$/foot for slab and 1$/foot for metal roof. Between the roof and floor will be beams, logs, wood I've been cutting on halves over the last ten years. Free sinks and tubs and windows. Handmade doors, etc.
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03/25/08, 11:16 AM
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In the city here it is averaging 135-200 depending on materials used.
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03/25/08, 12:22 PM
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Bottom end contracted starts around $150 per SF here. I do know of one that went over $1200 per SF on the very top end.
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03/25/08, 03:53 PM
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Last I checked it was between $80 for your average entry level to as much as you could spend for "extras". Rarely over $250 per sq ft but some folks went much higher on the beaches.
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03/25/08, 03:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gideonprime
Last I checked it was between $80 for your average entry level to as much as you could spend for "extras". Rarely over $250 per sq ft but some folks went much higher on the beaches.
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About the same here. I think $80 on the very low end here in VA, $100/ square foot being about average.
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03/26/08, 07:45 AM
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Prices vary too much by area to make any kind of comparison. You have to remember that in many areas like mine contractors will operate with no license or insurance and poor skills. There are no codes and no standards.
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03/26/08, 09:06 AM
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And are you talking $/SF including land? Including a basement (with poured concrete walls)? With or without garage? As with all cost estimates, one needs to know the specifics.
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03/26/08, 10:58 AM
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Here it costs between $100 and $150 to build a new home. This does not include the land or lot price. It does include a basement and 2 car garage, materials, labor and general appliances...basically a new home from start to finish but everything is bid within a budget...in other words you get so much for cabinets, light fixtures, usually 2 to 2 1/2 bathrooms, flooring, wallpaper-paint, etc. This is by a insured, licensed builder and contractors. Where most people run into trouble is when they start picking out their cabinets, countertops, floor and fixtures or adding in "extras" this almost always tend to put them "over the budget".
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03/26/08, 11:23 AM
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Our house is costing us around $12.23 per sq ft.
300' Driveway, sitework, backfill . . . . . $3,000
foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000
building delivered on site . . . . . . . . . $16,000
crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150
tools ane equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200
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/ 2400 sq ft building = $12.23 per sq ft
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03/26/08, 11:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ET1 SS
Our house is costing us around $12.23 per sq ft.
300' Driveway, sitework, backfill . . . . . $3,000
foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000
building delivered on site . . . . . . . . . $16,000
crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150
tools ane equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200
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/ 2400 sq ft building = $12.23 per sq ft
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Is that finished with cabinets, plumbing, electrical, insulation, heating and cooling, lights and everything? Or just a shell? Are they installing the building or is it DIY?
If that is indeed your finished cost, sign me up, lol.
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03/26/08, 11:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Selena
And are you talking $/SF including land? Including a basement (with poured concrete walls)? With or without garage? As with all cost estimates, one needs to know the specifics.
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Definitly varies by area. Around here, a basement is pretty much unheard of. Although I would really like one. Its just not something that is usually done.
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03/26/08, 11:54 AM
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Quote:
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Is that finished with cabinets, plumbing, electrical, insulation, heating and cooling, lights and everything?
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No.
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... Or just a shell? Are they installing the building or is it DIY?
If that is indeed your finished cost, sign me up, lol.
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A pre-engineered shell.
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03/26/08, 12:32 PM
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aka RamblinRoseRanc :)
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Quote:
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No.
A pre-engineered shell.
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Really? Where from?
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03/26/08, 01:04 PM
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Quote:
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Really? Where from?
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http://www.freedomsteel.com/index.php
At the time when I purchased [2005] they had a building design feature and instant quote on their website.
I do not see that feature today.
A 40' by 60' warehouse with 12' eaves and 14' peak, and one set of steel double-doors.
They checked our local building codes, and the building exceeds the snow-load and wind sheer values by almost double.
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03/26/08, 02:51 PM
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Mine was 16 by 40 for $15,000 plus $1,000 for delivery
3 k for ele (work done by a lic inspector)
5 k for well and plumbing well dug by pro plumbing done by a fool (note hired by a fool -me)
driveway 3k (just blade work) graveled by free- came home to see neighbor doing it--well he asked if he could practice with his new heavy equip on our much larger lot to learn said yea but never thought he would install a wonderful gravel drive and provide the gravel in his training.--Now he wants to play on our 60 acre side might just end up with the camp ground we -them and us want some day.
Taxed at 55 K for JUST the cabin not inc. well, ele, septic, land or driveway (no increase on the driveway this year) the increase is due to "using standard building cost per SQ in our area so it is
$85.93 up here.
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03/26/08, 03:22 PM
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$45 to the sky's the limit. How fancy do you want to get?
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03/26/08, 03:40 PM
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I did my home for $10/sq ft enclosed, insulated, doors & windows, carpet (got it free), and heat. It's not sided and I haven't done a proper kitchen or bathroom yet, but we're enclosed and living in it.
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03/26/08, 05:23 PM
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The OP did mention that that was for post and beam, which is pretty expensive in most places. One big factor is local codes. Some places specify every last nail, and won't allow you to live there until you get a CO. Other places will let you camp out in your basement while you build the rest of the house (really). We're going to build in rural SC, and, although they do adhere to modern codes, they will let you 'camp' on your land, and you don't even have to have blueprints. At the permit office, I was told "Just get a permit and have at it!" Typical costs in SC run $75 to $125 for ordinary construction and trim levels. We are hoping to keep it down to about $50 or less, doing much of the work ourselves.
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