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re: Advice on building a house?
Posted on 7/31/14 at 3:22 pm to SippyCup
Posted on 7/31/14 at 3:22 pm to SippyCup
If you count the bonus stuff as living you're at $109 sqft and the ratio would be 67/33 which is close to the normal 70/30 split. So that puts you right around my range. Mind sharing some of your finishes/more detail? Obviously you built much bigger than I am so that should've helped you with pricing in terms of how well you could finish it.
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Posted on 7/31/14 at 4:00 pm to man117
Don't mean to hijack the thread, but i think this is similar enough to discuss.
I'm in the same boat except that I'm look at doing a renovation/addition to my house.
How do builders charge for this? I was told by one builder that he estimates $120/SF for total affected area, so in my case if I wanted to tear out all of the interior walls of the existing house plus add on the the back of my house, then i'm looking at $120/SF for the final square footage? This sounds really high to me.
Any thoughts of how contractors charge for renovations/additions?
I'm in the same boat except that I'm look at doing a renovation/addition to my house.
How do builders charge for this? I was told by one builder that he estimates $120/SF for total affected area, so in my case if I wanted to tear out all of the interior walls of the existing house plus add on the the back of my house, then i'm looking at $120/SF for the final square footage? This sounds really high to me.
Any thoughts of how contractors charge for renovations/additions?
Posted on 7/31/14 at 4:18 pm to man117
3cm granite on all bathroom counters. We looked into a cheaper option for the kids bathrooms but it wasn't really worth the savings. Soapstone (wifes ides) and butcher block in kitchen.
Master shower is 5x8 wall to ceiling ceramic tile. Saved about $6000 on the shower alone by using ceramic rather than natural stone. Only down side is we had to do the rest of the bathroom is ceramic because it would not have looked right.
Travertine in foyer & kitchen/breakfast area. Engineered wood throughout the rest of the house with the exception of bathrooms(ceramic) and bonus rooms (carpet & rubber matting in soon to be gym)
Windows are all energy efficient, the few facing the street are expensive, I went cheap everywhere else.
Outdoor area has a wood burning fireplace, TV , built in grill, fridge and sink (no cooktop, never used it at the old house). I didn't go cheap here, its my area.
Built in storage in entry way to garage (mud room), built ins in living room.
Recessed lighting in just about every room.
Built in speakers in living room, Dining room, master bed/bath(another wifes idea) and outside.
Im somewhat handy in construction so I did save by doing some things myself. Most of the crown was down by myself and a friend. I saved on HVAC by using a client and I helped him with the labor (if it was a summer build, Im not sure if I would have done that). Re-designing the roof created more bonus space and saved about 20k.
Im sure there is plenty more, if you want something more specific, just ask.
Master shower is 5x8 wall to ceiling ceramic tile. Saved about $6000 on the shower alone by using ceramic rather than natural stone. Only down side is we had to do the rest of the bathroom is ceramic because it would not have looked right.
Travertine in foyer & kitchen/breakfast area. Engineered wood throughout the rest of the house with the exception of bathrooms(ceramic) and bonus rooms (carpet & rubber matting in soon to be gym)
Windows are all energy efficient, the few facing the street are expensive, I went cheap everywhere else.
Outdoor area has a wood burning fireplace, TV , built in grill, fridge and sink (no cooktop, never used it at the old house). I didn't go cheap here, its my area.
Built in storage in entry way to garage (mud room), built ins in living room.
Recessed lighting in just about every room.
Built in speakers in living room, Dining room, master bed/bath(another wifes idea) and outside.
Im somewhat handy in construction so I did save by doing some things myself. Most of the crown was down by myself and a friend. I saved on HVAC by using a client and I helped him with the labor (if it was a summer build, Im not sure if I would have done that). Re-designing the roof created more bonus space and saved about 20k.
Im sure there is plenty more, if you want something more specific, just ask.
This post was edited on 7/31/14 at 4:21 pm
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