|
Posted by RicodJour on June 15, 2007, 3:13 pm
> wrote:
>
>
> > > I know that the cost per square foot for building a house gets tossed
> > > around way too much. I'm more interested in getting a general feel for
> > > what it costs to build in my area.
>
> > > I'm looking to build an average quality home around 2500 sq.ft. Can I
> > > get away with building a house between $100-$125 per sq.ft? Of course
> > > I'd be willing to cut corners on materials in order to meet that
> > > budget.
>
> > Cutting corners, particularly on materials, is downright STUPID.
>
> Not nearly as "Stupid" as posting answers like that one. It's his
> house. If he's weighed the pros and cons and chooses to do this, who
> are you or any of us for that matter to call him, or his plan
> "stupid". Help him, or shut your trap.
>
> The bad news: I'm sorry, I dont think your'e going to get your 2500 sq
> ft house built in Seattle's market for anywhere near 250K. Thats just
> my opinion though.
In other words, in this case, cutting corners on materials is not only
stupid, but unrealistic.
Let's forget the unrealistic budget for a minute, and concentrate on
the cutting of corners. It's unacceptable for a contractor to cut
corners, as they're short-changing the owner. Isn't an owner that
cuts corners building his house short-changing future buyers?
Himself?
It's possible the OP chose a really unfortunate way of phrasing it as
cutting corners is never a good thing. It's also possible that he has
no clue about construction and isn't capable of weighing the pros and
cons. If he'd asked about how to work with a tight budget and what
others have done he'd have gotten less abuse and far more useful
answers.
There's nothing wrong with building something you can afford and
planning on adding on to it in the future. There are all sorts of
ways to plan current construction to facilitate future building.
R
| 
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap