Garage Prices

[Emerson]

So I'm in shock alittle I guess. I don't have a garage I have a 16'x20' shed that has all my tools all my ****, I've heated, insulated it ran power and it works for what it is.

I've wanted a garage for years and finally things have happened in the last few months where I have the opportunity to possibility expand my little business and build a shop and work from home. I have $50K right now on our home line of credit it's there I don't have to go to the bank I can start writing cheques tomorrow.

I sat down and roughly figured out my how much room I'd roughly want for this shop and made it abit bigger nothing to crazy that it would hurt the re sale value of our house. I ended up at 30'x40'x12' 1 deceent sized door and a couple man doors and windows full foundation nothing crazy. I can't even come close to that with my budget. So I dropped the size 36'x30'x10' and I'm still trying to nibble away here and there to get this in under budget. Even if I do all the site prep myself, and insulate and finish the interior I'm still over.

Maybe I'm just getting old and out of touch I guess.

I'm in Canada before you ask.

Rant off back to your day

Thanks

 

[klassenl]

I just got the final bill for my garage. 34x24. 10 foot walls. I contracted all of the prep and concrete. I did everything else. I am at $23000 plus some incidentals that didnt get recorded.

 

[IPACA9]

Luckily my building was here when we bought the house but the previous owner had just finished it about 8 months prior. It's a worldwide steel building measuring 30x40x14. Concrete, insulation, electric and all he was into it for about $32,000 after looking through receipts in the "building file folder" he left me.

Is there anything special you're doing with this place as far as exterior matching the house or something? Is it that much more to build there in Canada? Im located in Missouri.

 

[ambenz]

Built the shell first, or the slab, nibble a little bit at a time as funds allow. I was able to build the foundation and shell but couldn't afford the doors for a couple months....

 

[Smoker]

I built a 30 x 30 with 12' walls, attic trusses and a loft. I'm at $26k. Subbed out the concrete and truss install. Did everything else myself, including the gas/water/sewer/power. If I paid someone to build it, probably double that.

 

[Kaizen]

Labor is what's killing you. I'm doing a 30x36x12 walls and will be around 20k finished. Had slab and site work done. Hoping everything else I can accomplish


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[Emerson]

Thanks guys.

My issues is time. I could probably tackle this myself, I never built a building this large before but I have friends and family members that have. I need to have this up in the next month or so before it gets to cold. If I picked away at it it would take me forever working by myself or on weekends when I had help.

I just looked at the quote I got Materials came to $38K with taxes and labour was $16K
I could save another 4000 on labour if I finished the inside myself which I'm leaning hard towards.

How do contractors figure labour costs? they must make $200 a hr.

 

[matt_i]

Having built a garage/shop myself, including all dirt and foundation work, trim, siding, roofing, gutters, and electrical, hiring a crew only to finish the concrete floor, I can attest there are a lot of man hours involved.

I could never make a living doing this for someone else, I'd probably make a dollar an hour on this job.

In my mind, "too cold" only applies to placing and curing concrete. There can be too-snowy and too-icy to work safely but wood framing and sheathing doesn't have a lower temp limit. Only you Where there is a will there is a way.

 

[Cyberbear]

You may want to reverse engineer your proposed building by first figuring the material cost for the walls and roof, then deduct that from your budget and see what size slab you need and figure that cost. Years ago I got prices from both the concrete supplier and the lumber yard which I used to estimate the materials cost. I then contacted concrete and framing contractors in order to get an idea of what the labor would be.
Some general contractors mark everything up in order to gain greater profit, thereby making money for simply doing some paperwork. Costs are generally lower if you subcontract all phases of construction, and you act as owner builder and not pay someone else to do the brain work. Garages are very simple and it does not require a lot of skill or experience, if you know what you are doing. Paying someone else for their skills is always more costly. Make sure that the material bills are paid by you, the owner, to be certain everyone is properly paid, and put everything in writing.

 

[CHUNKER]

Building package approx.8-12$psf
Labor approx. 5$psf
O\h door approx. 10$psf
Framed openings approx. 200$each
Concrete approx.4-5$psf