This day in 1997, of my house build

[ovrszd]

Eddie it was very common around here to use that type form on exposed basement walls. Has a laid brick design. I've even saw people roll reddish color paint on the walls to make it look like a brick wall.

 

[EddieWalker]

I've never lived anywhere that basements where common.

 

[ovrszd]

Up until very recently almost all houses were built with basements here.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Does the 2400 square feet include the basement?

Is that a pattern on your walls that was created by a form? Looks a lot fancier then just plywood forms.

Does not include basement, and 2400 is rounded. Bigger now with rooms over garage.

Forms have a brick pattern. There are people that paint them to look just like brick.

Here’s a closeup, with crack the excavation contractor put in backfilling. Current picture.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Some costs I ran across:
Cabinet material $2229 I built
Foundation. $10,500 contracted
1st deck lumber $4823 delivered, I bought
2nd deck Lumber $5560
Framing - $19220 (all lumber, stairs, steel, etc) my wife and I
Excavation. $1050 contracted
Lumber $1492
Septic $2550. Contracted, inc tank, line to footer.
Basement slab concrete $1209
Porch concrete $401
Slab labor $1900
Mason $1900 labor porch brick, chimney base
Brick ? I bought and picked up
Basement stairs $190 I picked up and installed
Custom Oak stairs $825 I picked up & Insalled
Ductwork $1000 material and labor.
Well pump and pipe $763 I installed
Siding $1531. $3724 contracted all inc material
Drywall $5125 contracted all Inc material
Kitchen counter $278. $367 I picked up and installed
AC $2431. $594. Paid supply house price for units and labor.
AC line sets I bought and installed.
Steel $461 delivered, I installed
Roofing $1200 $600delivered to roof, I installed
Flooring $3266 contracted Home Depot
Boiler $2094 I bought and installed
Electric $3581 I bought and installed
Plumbing $5828 I bought and installed
Fixtures I bought and installed
Paint $940 I bought and painted 1 primer, 2 rolled coats.
Anderson Windows and ext doors ? I bought and installed
Doors $7182
Windows $6176
Stained interior doors and trim $6082 I bought and stained and installed.
Trim $1392
Appliances- $1658 I bought and installed
Insulation - $2800 contracted all
Stone $720

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I love that list of costs. My wife has asked why we cant have someone build our house for us. Constantly questioning my numbers when I told her labor was %60 of new house cost. Even when our architect told her stick built houses in our area were nearly $200/sf cost to build. The actual numbers that I have been able to find are about $190. But that is with no customization.
It doesn’t help that her boss and coworkers keep saying that you don’t save money by building. I don’t think they grasp the difference between building a house and having it built.
Now that my wife has some sweat invested and can see the lines of the house, she started doing more research and she was wide eyed at the cost difference.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I’m sure prices have gone up significantly in 23 yrs, but there’s still a lot of labor cost to be saved doing it yourself. Insulation (not listed, will have to find) was cheaper for them to do it. It would cost me more to buy than what they supplied and installed for. But the reason I know that is because I ran the numbers.

I made a spreadsheet that includes square footage of every wall, ceiling, floor of every room. I calculated insulation, Sheetrock, paint, bricks, block, every piece of lumber, etc.

I estimated block numbers for my foundation and priced material and labor. Poured wasn’t a whole lot more, and a lot less work for me.

The mason price was really high for what he did. That’s why the chimney never got built. I had him do the brick front under the front porch and had him do the chimney prep to the hearth level. I bought the brick outside of his cost.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Added more cost info to post 35

 

[ovrszd]

I'm on a footed slab, insulated and hydronic floor heated. Hired it done. The bill was $10 p/sqft on 2,880 sqft.

2x6 studded 9ft walls. Vaulted great room. 2 bath. 3 bdrm. 1908 sqft living. 540 sqft garage. I did all the outside utilities, built the pad, did all the electrical inside. Hired the rest. $118 p/sqft.

Hiring it all we could have knocked that down $10 p/sqft by going cheap on some materials.

I originally had the goal of $100 p/sqft. Figured out pretty quick that wasn't going to happen.

I'll ask the accountant (wife) for details on how much we paid for labor.

Edit: For clarity, when I do the math to figure cost per square foot I only use the living space size in the equation.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I use living space also in SF, using outside wall dimensions. Not sure if I include attic crawl space, even though insulated.
I was around $50 sf. I think.