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Did I miss the memo about housing builds skyrocketing?
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<blockquote data-quote="tallnate" data-source="post: 626292" data-attributes="member: 3217"><p>I know how you feel man. In recent past years I'd always heard the going rate was around $110 sq/ft. I know a few people in the home building business and they're raking it in right now. It seems to me that since the housing market has skyrocketed around here, the builders, subs, material suppliers etc have all raised their rates because people are paying it happily. If I were you I'd meet with a few of the builders you like and see if they can give you a breakdown on the costs and then do a little research on your own to see if those amounts check out mathematically. My guess is you'd find a large chunk of money hidden in the materials and specifically labor rates. Because we all know, most contractors are going to hire a crew of amigos to frame that thing up in a jiffy for $10-$12 an hour. Maybe try throwing your max budget out there and see if they will agree to do the build for you at that amount. I'm about to pull the trigger and just build something myself as well so I'll be curious to hear how it goes for ya.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tallnate, post: 626292, member: 3217"] I know how you feel man. In recent past years I'd always heard the going rate was around $110 sq/ft. I know a few people in the home building business and they're raking it in right now. It seems to me that since the housing market has skyrocketed around here, the builders, subs, material suppliers etc have all raised their rates because people are paying it happily. If I were you I'd meet with a few of the builders you like and see if they can give you a breakdown on the costs and then do a little research on your own to see if those amounts check out mathematically. My guess is you'd find a large chunk of money hidden in the materials and specifically labor rates. Because we all know, most contractors are going to hire a crew of amigos to frame that thing up in a jiffy for $10-$12 an hour. Maybe try throwing your max budget out there and see if they will agree to do the build for you at that amount. I'm about to pull the trigger and just build something myself as well so I'll be curious to hear how it goes for ya. [/QUOTE]
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