"TURTLE" wrote in message

Most all contractor bid jobs by the amount of square feet of the house.
You take the 1 foot wide area by the 22 feet long and you get the house
being shorted by 22 sq. ft. . If the contractor bid the house at say
$60.00 a square foot. Deduct 22 X $60.00 = $1,320.00 . You can get the
valve of the shortage by deviding the price of the bid by the sq. ft. of
the house and get the square feet verses the cost of the square feet. Like
2000 sq. ft. house and cost $100K will give you $50.00 a Square foot.
$50.00 X 22 feet = $1,100.00 .

Your house is 22 sq. ft. smaller than it should have been.

TURTLE

That is a poor way to buy a house. The kitchen may work out to $250 a
square foot, the garage that is little more than a shell can be $15. I
don't want the builder to decide where the money should be apportioned.