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be ready to do alot of monitoring if u are sub contracting the build. We are 70 percent done on our 6000 sq ft home in new orleans. Just finished the framing and windows. electricity and plumbing next week and about to sheetrock DEc. 1. WE got a 300,000 loan and probably have sign off about 200,000, build started august. lot was 100,000 My wife monitors the build since she doesnt have to work and we a have friend who knows the process come once a week to survey the build and make suggestions.

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Originally Posted by Samarai (Post 729368)

well if you havent even started sheetrock i highly doubt you are 70% complete.. i assume if you having a 6k sqft house built then you will have some nice interior finishes.

the fun (interior) is about to start... just sit tight and let us know how far along you are at the end of the year.

we are building a 4000sqft house in N AR and I am doing the GC, as of right now we are 95% done to having it in the dry. I will have 275K into it, that comes out to 68.75 per ft I am figuring that number to double for a finished house.

Its a log house with a full basement and a second, or third floor if you consider the basement the first floor.

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Originally Posted by T-TOP (Post 728687)

I am building right now, have concrete scheduled for saturday (in sulphur area). If you are just subcontracting your work out it may be hard to get down to $90. Think you would have to do a lot of work yourself to get that low. I am at $127 per ft living, with some float in there, and the living cost is elevated because we have a little over 2000sq ft of unheated area. Thats not including the land, clearing, dirt work, or house pad. Just home construction. But I only got estimates from contractors that I had good references for and I did get 4-6 estimates on every facet of the house. I had hoped to see the $90 range when we started planning but can't get close to that.

I just got my first quote today; reading your post makes me feel a little better. I was a little sticker shocked @ 138 a foot just the home construction. The builder only uses legal and insured subs whom he has worked with for many years. He only builds 2-3 houses at a time.

I know too many people that GC their house and regret their decision. It's a builders market right and the contractors are making $$ while they can.

All that being said we're gonna trim that 138 down to about 125 one way or another.