beowulf
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Yeah, I used to buy 2x4 studs for $1.97 and a few days ago I saw them for $7.13.As an electrician i can say prices have gone nuts over last 6 months. On one recient project the price of underground wire went up 50% over the 2 weeks we worked on the job. Heck, a piece od 2” rigid conduit went from $48 last year to $197.00 last week.
i picked a good time to retire.
I should have mentioned - we negotiated an even lower home building price in September-October 2021 but they bumped that price twice before we worked out all the details and signed in November 2021. So in that sense, some of the pre-November 21 cost increases should have been built in.
Oh well, in the end it will all work out in some way or another. Actually, from our/their original home building budget we incrementally went up due to "wants" or "preferences" and so maybe now is an opportunity to reassess and get it done more realistically. Thanks for weighing in.