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New garage
Smitty Two wrote:
In article , Van Chocstraw wrote: Is $6900.00 a good price for a 2 car garage with slab and 2 steel doors? Around here, multiply by 10 and you'll have enough to get your plans drawn up and get them through the review, permit, and approval processes. As far as actual construction, figure 40,000 or so. So all together, a shade over 100k is about right. 100k for a 2-car garage? Where the heck do you live? You can do a small but adequate house with utilities and indoor plumbing for that around here, if you don't mind entry-level materials. -- aem sends... |
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, aemeijers wrote: Smitty Two wrote: In article , Van Chocstraw wrote: Is $6900.00 a good price for a 2 car garage with slab and 2 steel doors? Around here, multiply by 10 and you'll have enough to get your plans drawn up and get them through the review, permit, and approval processes. As far as actual construction, figure 40,000 or so. So all together, a shade over 100k is about right. 100k for a 2-car garage? Where the heck do you live? You can do a small but adequate house with utilities and indoor plumbing for that around here, if you don't mind entry-level materials. -- aem sends... Santa Barbara. The last garage construction quote I heard was 50k for a basic 2-car structure. That didn't include paperwork because it was outside the city. And that was about six years ago, IIRC. Was watching local gov't TV the other day. A fellow wanted to rebuild his garage that had burned or rotted away or something like that. Same size garage, same materials, same location. But the roof overhang was going to extend an extra foot. The committee was discussing the proposal at quite some length, wondering whether it ought to be approved. Seemed like they weren't very happy with the plan. I don't know where you could build a house for 100k these days. 100k might be enough for the bureaucratic ante here. You know, first draft from the architect, and preliminary paperwork, enough to get your foot in the door of the architectural board of review. Plan on having your architect do a half-dozen revisions along the approval route. I'd guess 200k and 3 yrs. at least, before you turn a shovelful of dirt or buy a brick or a board. Commercial projects, like a hotel, can take 15 or 20 years to make their way through all the reviews and approvals. |
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New garage
Smitty Two wrote:
In article , aemeijers wrote: Smitty Two wrote: In article , (snip) I don't know where you could build a house for 100k these days. I didn't say it would be a fancy house, but get more than 100 miles from salt water, and more than 20 miles from any population centers over 200k people, and it is still possible. AKA, here in Flyover Country. For 100k, you can still get a tolerable 30 year old cookie cutter around here. If you want new for 100k, they try to point you at modular houses, but if you insisted, you could still get a stickbuilt small ranch (crawlspace, no garage) for that price. Maybe 900 sq. ft., which was considered entry level in the old days. -- aem sends,,, |
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