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Posted by aolson on August 8, 2006, 7:37 am
I am looking at building a new home and am considering doing the
contracting myself. Is there a good website or can someone tell me how
to determine what certain things will cost throughout the construction
process? My wife and I are trying determine what we can afford.
Maybe something like this for example:
Electrical: 5%
Kitchen Cabinets 5%
Misc: 8%
Foundation: 10%
etc etc etc
Thanks for the help.
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Posted by Muff on August 8, 2006, 9:23 am
go to this site: http://ownerbuilderbook.com/
Lots of good info there. Also keep in mind that prices vary between states,
also labor union and non union.
Where are you located?
I built a 3200 sq ft home and finished it a year ago here in Tampa Fl and
with upgrades it ended up costing me around $85.00 per sq ft.
Muff
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> I am looking at building a new home and am considering doing the
> contracting myself. Is there a good website or can someone tell me how
> to determine what certain things will cost throughout the construction
> process? My wife and I are trying determine what we can afford.
> Maybe something like this for example:
> Electrical: 5%
> Kitchen Cabinets 5%
> Misc: 8%
> Foundation: 10%
> etc etc etc
> Thanks for the help.
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Posted by aolson on August 8, 2006, 9:47 am
Thanks for the reply and I will take a look at the link you provided.
I would be building in North Dakota and we are looking at around a 1500
sq. foot rambler is what we are hoping. We are looking at plans but
just don't know what the cost may be. I would love to do it for around
$85/sq foot. I was hoping for around $100/sq foot, but $85 would be
even better!
Did you do a lot of it yourself or how did you go about doing it for
that price?
Muff nospam wrote:
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> go to this site: http://ownerbuilderbook.com/
> Lots of good info there. Also keep in mind that prices vary between states,
> also labor union and non union.
> Where are you located?
> I built a 3200 sq ft home and finished it a year ago here in Tampa Fl and
> with upgrades it ended up costing me around $85.00 per sq ft.
> Muff
> > I am looking at building a new home and am considering doing the
> > contracting myself. Is there a good website or can someone tell me how
> > to determine what certain things will cost throughout the construction
> > process? My wife and I are trying determine what we can afford.
> > Maybe something like this for example:
> > Electrical: 5%
> > Kitchen Cabinets 5%
> > Misc: 8%
> > Foundation: 10%
> > etc etc etc
> > Thanks for the help.
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Posted by Michelle Settle on August 8, 2006, 10:19 am
> Thanks for the reply and I will take a look at the link you provided.
> I would be building in North Dakota and we are looking at around a 1500
> sq. foot rambler is what we are hoping. We are looking at plans but
> just don't know what the cost may be. I would love to do it for around
> $85/sq foot. I was hoping for around $100/sq foot, but $85 would be
> even better!
If you're paying $85/sf in North Dakota, you're paying WAYYYY too much
(unless you're putting it on several acres of land..)
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Posted by aolson on August 8, 2006, 11:28 am
We were looking at putting it on about an acre or slightly more would
be our hope.
Did you end up hiring a general contractor to build your place or did
you do the work yourself?
Michelle Settle wrote:
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> > Thanks for the reply and I will take a look at the link you provided.
> > I would be building in North Dakota and we are looking at around a 1500
> > sq. foot rambler is what we are hoping. We are looking at plans but
> > just don't know what the cost may be. I would love to do it for around
> > $85/sq foot. I was hoping for around $100/sq foot, but $85 would be
> > even better!
> If you're paying $85/sf in North Dakota, you're paying WAYYYY too much
> (unless you're putting it on several acres of land..)
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> contracting myself. Is there a good website or can someone tell me how
> to determine what certain things will cost throughout the construction
> process? My wife and I are trying determine what we can afford.
> Maybe something like this for example:
> Electrical: 5%
> Kitchen Cabinets 5%
> Misc: 8%
> Foundation: 10%
> etc etc etc
> Thanks for the help.