Estimating the cost of building a new house
We are planning on building a new house next Spring 🙂 As such, I have been trying to get a feel for cost per finished square ft. So far, after talking to other people that have built homes in the area and a number of builders, it looks like our area is generally $75-$125 per finished square foot.
We live in an aera with bountiful timber and fairly low wages, quite ideal for house construction. So, that figure it likely quite low for most areas of the United States, where the average is probably more in the $80+ to $200+ range.
Along those lines, here are some construction cost resources at other sites that may be helpful to you:
New House Square Foot Residential Construction Costs – B4UBUILD.COMhttp://www.b4ubuild.com/faq/faq_0002.shtmlRSMeans Contractor’s Pricing Guide:Residential Repair & Remodeling Costs 2012 Covers the most common repair and remodeling projects, including demolition, framing, finish carpentry,…
Build Your Own House – Cost Estimatinghttp://www.byoh.com/costestimating.htm25% material, 25% labor, 25% land cost, 12.5% builder profit, and 12.5% builder overhead, which includes the cost of running their business, construction financing costs, and the new home’s…
Construction Estimating Softwarehttp://www.byoh.com/construction-estimating-software.htm• How much does it cost to build a house? • Is my builder charging too much?• How much profit does a builder make?• How much will it cost me to build my own home?• What is the average cost to build…
Current Building Costs per Square Foothttp://www.homebuildinginformation.com/current-building-costs-per-square-foot/Of course, it is dangerous to generalize. Home building costs per square foot depend on many variables, including; size, home design, how good a shopper you are, difficulty in building site access”…