Questions about building a house and costs

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I will sub it out myself.

Also, I have a descent amount of money saved up. Should I borrow from the bank for the house then put the money down at closing or pay contractors with cash personally?

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This seems like a tricky thing to do. You got architectural plans yet?

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cost per sq. ft.

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Is entirely dependent on the level of amenities you and your wife want in the home.

That's also a concern of mine. Since its an area I am not from, I do not know many people.

Rules of advice:
Never sub out the job yourself unless you are:
A. A licensed general contractor
B. Know what the heck you are doing
C. Have the time to watch your subs like a hawk and price out bids for work
D. Already know and have reliable subs willing to do the work

If you don't have these things, then find a reputable GC and stick with them.

As for pricing, that's difficult to say. There are simply too many factors to work up a conceptual estimate. I would start with working out a budget of how much you can afford to spend and then try to maximize the house for the money.

Geauxld knows what's up

You subbing out or turn key?

I'm subbing everything out.

I did it last year in Amite county. I paid a local GC to oversee the foundation,framing...through black in. I subbed out the metal roof, hvac, electrical, plumbing,countertops,Sheetrock hanging, and finishing. We did all painting, insulation, and clean up.i bought the appliances online and installed them myself.My buddy and I did all the trim inside.. He is a master carpenter so I pretty much was a helper. He built all the window casings. It was 7.5 months of nothing but the house. We ended up getting more house than we could have using a GC for everything. Our house is 3000la/4605 total. It's a 2 story with 4br/3.5ba and a full mil apt. I have 303k in it. I owned the land outright prior to building.

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I don't see how anyone could do it without contracting experience or lots of help from someone.

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My dad just got raped by subs on a renovation job because he tried to sub it out himself and refused to let me run the job for him (I'm a contractor). He wanted me to put my name on it while having zero control and actually just be a gopher for the men on the work site. F That. He got raped because as was said prior, the good subs (especially electricians) don't want to work on a small job because there's no profit. They either want it to be cost plus a percentage fee (where they can rape you), or the put in a crazy high lump sum quote because they don't really want the job anyways. Even if they do take the job, your job will be very low on their priorities, so if another one comes along that's worth more, they will literally stop in the middle of your job, do the other one, and then maybe come back to finish yours later if they feel like it.

It's a tough situation and a lot more headache than it's generally worth. It can be cheaper, but runs the risk of being a lot more expensive before all's said and done, and will most assuredly take eat up a ton of your time.

Email me a list of prioritized amenities, elevation and floor plan of the style of house, description of lot, and length of drives. I can give you an idea pretty quick based off of this. I've built over 20 mil of residential homes in north Ms. so I have good info to go off of