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New Home Construction $/sqft

Posted on 2/26/17 at 7:26 am
Posted by Lion4Life
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2012
424 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 7:26 am
Hey everyone! Looking for some advice. Anyone know what the going price per square ft is on new home construction in SE Louisiana? Also, is it based on living sqft or total (porches and garages)?
Posted by oldcharlie8
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2012
7808 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 7:36 am to
100
Posted by DuckManiak
Member since Nov 2011
3742 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 7:43 am to
Mine's at $120/sq ft not including lot
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
37384 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 7:52 am to
$130 is about average for new construction these days.
Posted by sonoma8
Member since Oct 2006
7675 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 8:04 am to
Custom here in laffy is $122sqft heated/$75sqft under roof. Im doing my own flooring. If I wasnt doing that, it would be $130sqft.
Posted by LSUSUPERSTAR
TX
Member since Jan 2005
16353 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 8:23 am to
We are working with a custom builder here in south DFW and are getting quoted $130-140 sq ft (a/c sq ft) with 1 acre lot included in the price.
Posted by SportTiger1
Stonewall, LA
Member since Feb 2007
28505 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 8:54 am to
I'm shreveport, so that doesn't help much, but I had mine built 3 years ago for 132 per ft. Now they are selling for 150-155, with the lot. 130ish without.

And you always use living as ft when pricing houses. Porches and garages are much cheaper, but my builder went strictly off living.
Posted by SuwMwf
Member since Jul 2012
952 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 4:48 pm to
We paid 139 per foot (living space only) including contractors fees. Not including the land. Also spent about 40k out of pocket on upgrades etc throughout building process and that kept out price per square foot down and prevented us from going over budget at the end of construction. Our budgets were very generous on many things such as plumbing and lighting etc, but then incredibly off on areas like garage doors. Budget was 2000 for 4 doors. Completely impossible to find. Stuff like that cost us out of pocket. Appraised for 183 per foot 3-4 years ago. Should be higher now. We are now within city limits and have continued with many upgrades such as an outdoor kitchen, planted lots of large trees and dug a private stocked 1 acre pond. I'd expect closer to 200 per foot now considering the rest of the property.
Posted by Libertariantiger
Member since Nov 2012
981 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 4:57 pm to
You should be looking anywhere from $70-$80 sqft total sqft. The items and finishes can push it up from there, but if it's not basing there, your paying too much. We build really nice stuff for that budget. Our company can draft tour plans for you and save that fee. Check out our plans, mybuildercares.com
Posted by 4WHLN
Drinking at the Cottage Inn
Member since Mar 2013
7583 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 6:10 pm to
You question is like asking how much a new car is. What type of car, Kia or Mercedes? Leather or cloth seats. We need more info to give a more accurate assessment. Baton Rouge construction is generally in the $120's sqft on up.
Posted by lsufan1971
Zachary
Member since Nov 2003
18528 posts
Posted on 2/27/17 at 10:41 am to
It really depends on what you put in your house. Bathrooms and kitchens are usually where you can go from spending $110 per sq ft to $200 per sqft. When I priced mine out 2 years ago it was going to cost us $180 per sq ft including our lot. Most contractors are cost + a percentage. They will all tell you what a great deal your getting. I don't care if you have known the guy since grade school he is going to make his money.
Building a house is very stressful. Just getting the plans finished and approved for our HOA was a PITA. So much so we found a house that was 1 year old that we really liked that we bought. I lost about 6K on plans and deposits for the build but didn't care because I wasn't going to have to listen to my wife and 4 kids bitch about living in a 3BR apartment for 7 months while we built.
This post was edited on 2/27/17 at 10:44 am
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