House: 1040 sq ft downstairs, 300 sq ft upstair loft area. Covered porch deck: 700 sq ft. Open deck: 120 sq ft Another open deck: 40 sq ft Pier and Beam block foundation. We also have a walk-out basement area that is 16 X 10.
To date we have spent $44,595.90 on materials and an additional $15,000 on labor. We hired the block work done, the excavation done and the plumbing done. We also had the shingles put on and will have the sheetrock done. Then there were the times that you just have to have more than one or 2 people to lift and work and would find guys that were willing to work hard for about $8-$12 an hour. We estimate that we still have about another $16,000 left to buy/spend with appliances and finishout. So, this house will end up costing about $75,000. If you look at all the sq footage, that works out to a little over $30 a sq ft. If you just apply it to the inside sq footage, then it is $55 a sq ft.
It is a quality house and we got an estimate from a builder here that with the quality of materials we are using and would want, it would have cost us about $125 a sq ft for the inside sq footage plus $20 sq for the porches. About $185,000!!!!!!!!
You figure the savings