Depends on where you live and what your building.
In some areas you need a full foundation on others it may not be necessary
Don’t need a garage? Then you save money just having an exposed asphalt driveway
Cellar? Fireplace? Attic? Even a 1000 square foot home has a lot of variation in design and material requirements
If anything I’d say it’s the labor that drives the price into the stratosphere. But even that varies county to county, even more so state to state.
KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I have recently had an estimate made for materials to construct a 1200 square ft home and it was a little over 135k. Add in labor and its looking like $175-200k. Compare that to the $800k starter homes in the area and you see a huge disconnect.
Tja@programming.dev 1 week ago
Tell us more once it’s completed. And don’t forget to add the land.
KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Keep moving your goal posts, straw man. The rest of us are actually making progress.
Tja@programming.dev 1 week ago
That’s not how fallacies work…
Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 6 days ago
@kinggimpicus did the math, he did the mortgage math
thecostbreakdown.com/average-cost-per-square-foot…
Average construction cost $183 sqft, 1,2000 sqft Cost $219,600