If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
|
Posted by Steve Barker on August 8, 2007, 11:22 pm
site prep can't be that different from one place to another. Just get an
estimate for a rocky hilly lot, and know that the others would be less.
steve
> My wife and I are at the very beginning stage of planning and building
> a new home. We're in the "driving around and looking at land" stage.
> The problem we're having is trying to ballpark the site prep costs.
> It's obvious that the prep cost for a flat, former corn field will be
> less than that of a hilly, rocky, heavily wooded site, but how do we
> figure out roughly what the cost will be. What we'd like to be able
> to do at this point is look at a piece of property and be able to say
> "this piece of land costs $x and the site prep will cost between $y
> and $z on top of that". Any estimating tricks would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
|
|
Posted by dpb on August 9, 2007, 9:24 am
Steve Barker wrote:
> site prep can't be that different from one place to another. Just get an
> estimate for a rocky hilly lot, and know that the others would be less.
,,,
Au contraire, good buddy.... :)
All _can_ change based on location, location, location...
Cross a county line and services may come from a different distribution
point, permitting can be completely different, etc., etc., etc., ...
How a site looks on the surface may or may not relate too much to what
is underneath in some places...
While there are generalities that may be true, there's much to watch out
for, too.
--
|
|
Posted by willshak on August 9, 2007, 10:06 am
on 8/9/2007 9:24 AM dpb said the following:
> Steve Barker wrote:
>> site prep can't be that different from one place to another. Just
>> get an estimate for a rocky hilly lot, and know that the others would
>> be less.
> ,,,
>
> Au contraire, good buddy.... :)
>
> All _can_ change based on location, location, location...
>
> Cross a county line and services may come from a different
> distribution point, permitting can be completely different, etc.,
> etc., etc., ...
>
> How a site looks on the surface may or may not relate too much to what
> is underneath in some places...
>
> While there are generalities that may be true, there's much to watch
> out for, too.
>
> --
>
When a friend of mine had his house built on a hilly plot in an
established rural neighborhood. They didn't get more than a few feet
with the excavator before they hit a shale ledge.
Dynamite was the only answer. Can you imagine the restrictions that
apply using dynamite in a neighborhood?
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
|
|
Posted by Dave on August 10, 2007, 12:46 am
> on 8/9/2007 9:24 AM dpb said the following:
>> Steve Barker wrote:
>>> site prep can't be that different from one place to another. Just get
>>> an estimate for a rocky hilly lot, and know that the others would be
>>> less.
>> ,,,
>>
>> Au contraire, good buddy.... :)
>>
>> All _can_ change based on location, location, location...
>>
>> Cross a county line and services may come from a different distribution
>> point, permitting can be completely different, etc., etc., etc., ...
>>
>> How a site looks on the surface may or may not relate too much to what is
>> underneath in some places...
>>
>> While there are generalities that may be true, there's much to watch out
>> for, too.
>>
>> --
>>
>
> When a friend of mine had his house built on a hilly plot in an
> established rural neighborhood. They didn't get more than a few feet with
> the excavator before they hit a shale ledge.
> Dynamite was the only answer. Can you imagine the restrictions that apply
> using dynamite in a neighborhood?
>
> --
>
> Bill
> In Hamptonburgh, NY
> To email, remove the double zeroes after @
Didn't know they used dynamite anymore for fracturing rock. Two decades
ago, I met a guy who did such things for a living. The stuff he used was
relatively silent, but had the same impact.
Don't understand "rural neighborhood". That could mean a plat every 100' or
ten miles.
Dave
|
|
Posted by willshak on August 10, 2007, 11:00 am
on 8/10/2007 12:46 AM Dave said the following:
>
>> on 8/9/2007 9:24 AM dpb said the following:
>>
>>> Steve Barker wrote:
>>>
>>>> site prep can't be that different from one place to another. Just get
>>>> an estimate for a rocky hilly lot, and know that the others would be
>>>> less.
>>>>
>>> ,,,
>>>
>>> Au contraire, good buddy.... :)
>>>
>>> All _can_ change based on location, location, location...
>>>
>>> Cross a county line and services may come from a different distribution
>>> point, permitting can be completely different, etc., etc., etc., ...
>>>
>>> How a site looks on the surface may or may not relate too much to what is
>>> underneath in some places...
>>>
>>> While there are generalities that may be true, there's much to watch out
>>> for, too.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>> When a friend of mine had his house built on a hilly plot in an
>> established rural neighborhood. They didn't get more than a few feet with
>> the excavator before they hit a shale ledge.
>> Dynamite was the only answer. Can you imagine the restrictions that apply
>> using dynamite in a neighborhood?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bill
>> In Hamptonburgh, NY
>> To email, remove the double zeroes after @
>>
>
> Didn't know they used dynamite anymore for fracturing rock. Two decades
> ago, I met a guy who did such things for a living. The stuff he used was
> relatively silent, but had the same impact.
>
> Don't understand "rural neighborhood". That could mean a plat every 100' or
> ten miles.
> Dave
Not a city neighborhood. Minimum size of 1 acre plots with 100' or so
front width. His lot was between two equal sized lots with occupied
houses. His house was built around 1980.
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
|
Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 > last >>
| Similar Threads | Posted | | New plumbing site | April 11, 2007, 11:36 am |
| Sunrooms Blogging Site! | June 6, 2007, 10:46 am |
| Construction site data | June 7, 2007, 2:47 pm |
| New Land Listing Site | March 24, 2008, 7:28 pm |
| Construction Aerials Site Updated | August 25, 2007, 5:49 am |
| Great Steel Building Site!!! | September 21, 2007, 6:41 am |
| Web site with Structural Steel Tables | October 23, 2007, 10:34 pm |
| Good Names for Site Contracting | March 20, 2008, 8:57 am |
| Feedback on Metal Doors and Windows Site | October 25, 2006, 7:19 pm |
| Software for plot site for building permit | August 23, 2007, 5:17 pm |
|
|
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap