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Originally Posted by MarkEkberg
Are all you guys paying this much for houses????
When I left Boise ID in 2001 you could get new stick construction for $75 sf turn key construction.
Going off straight numbers @75 a sf a 2000sf home is 150K. If you are a modest person I think you can come in close to that.
I just got done doing a basement this last summer. It was 15K for 800sf with extra 2" on wall thickness.
If you are willing to do work yourself, or buy a kit house you can save serious amounts of labor. Look into having someone frame it out and you finish the inside?
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There is a builder in my area, that advertises turn key homes "starting" at 67/sq.ft. but you don't get much home for that. As in quality of craftsmanship or materials used.
South of the tracks, 110-135 a foot is seemingly the going rate.
In Madison county (north of the tracks), nearly double the above and construction isn't showing as much of the slow down as other markets.
In my neck of the woods, a basement is a rarity.
If I were building a house today, with all the various methods in play, it would hands down be the ICF (insulating concrete forms) approach. An acquaintance built one and is VERY satisfied with the end product. It is very safe and energy efficient.
Whatever you do, do be swindled into a "modular" built home. Lots of complaints in a short time after they've been put together and so called "completed."
