How much for construction?

[tajon]

I've heard that $100 per sq ft. does that seem feasible? I'm not looking for the garagemahal, but a nice 20 X 30 or so with some ammenities like a heated floor.

$6000 - $10,000 seem reasonable or am I going to spend more?

 

[Major Ramifications]

I'm no mathematician, but 20x30 is 600 square feet, and at $100 per square foot, that is $60,000, not $6,000.

 

[Wile1Coyote]

$100 per square foot is a TON! Yes I agree with you. $10,000 roughly should get you a 20x30. Might be more with the floor though I am not sure how much that costs.

 

[ErVikingo]

Locally (in South Florida) I'm told between $50 and $100/sq feet. That is for a residential garage.

Keep in mind that those figures are for hurricane code compliant construction (concrete+ block+steel with a reinforced panel type garage door).

I know, I wish someone would give me a better range ($50-$100 is a quite a spread).

 

[byrdman]

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I think you're going to have to be more specific to get a true price range. Are you talking materials only or including labor? If including labor, is that for a "turnkey" buliding, or can you do some of the work yourself? Is it wired? Plumbed? Insulated? Finished walls/floors/ceilings? What kind of building is it?

To me, $100/sqft sounds high but I'm not sure what the market is like down there. Aren't all the contractors busy with storm recovery?

I hired someone to dig foundation, pour foundation, build my basic structure, roof it, vinyl side it, and pour the slab. I've done most of the finish work, wiring, insulation etc. By the time I'm done, I figure I'll be $40-$50 /sq ft.

 

[ErVikingo]

Hey Birdman,

I wish they were reasonable down here. They are not

My brother built a very large "barn type garage" for under $20K in Mississippi. Same materials, etc as I would be using down here.

 

[GearHead_1]

Home construction pricing is about $110/sq. ft for primary living area, $40 sq. ft. basement, in my local market (Central Utah brick home). You can obviously add basement space for consideribly less because the roof, walls, heating etc. are already there. Garage space is closer to the basement price.

 

[wythors]

In 1998 I had a 24 x 24 garage with a concrete floor and a 16 foot concrete driveway built in rural northwest Washington. It was unfinished inside with a single, double-wide garage door and sided to match the house. I paid $10,000.

 

[OI812]

Did you do a search on the internet? In the past I have found construction cost calculators based on regional areas.

I think you can't get a true estimate from this site. If your looking for a range you can probably get in the ball park here.

GearHead_1 said he is building a home for 110/sq ft. that is low for my area at this time. Then again how much work is he doing on his own home? I looked at building about 2 years ago (I kick myself in the *** now) and I was at about 85/ sq ft. I was also doing most of the work myself (and help from friends).

So basically price will depend on area, how much you are willing to do, what you want done, and type of materials you will be using, etc. Best you will get is a ball park. If I find that calculator, I will post a link for you.

 

[GearHead_1]

GearHead_1 said he is building a home for 110/sq ft. that is low for my area at this time. Then again how much work is he doing on his own home?

I've done much of the excavation, some of the flatwork, some of the framing, all of the wiring, and all of the painting while buiding my home. Anything I have done reduces the price of the $110/ft. that I mentioned.

 

[OH-MAN]

I've heard that $100 per sq ft. does that seem feasible? I'm not looking for the garagemahal, but a nice 20 X 30 or so with some ammenities like a heated floor.

$6000 - $10,000 seem reasonable or am I going to spend more?

Get some estimates .
I do not think $10,000.00 will get you a complete garage. Concrete is going through the roof here and if you have some wiring ,plumbing/floor heating it's going to run the price up fast.
I would guess a goob $30,000.00 to start.
Then again I am not where you are.

 

[1ownerT]

Two years age my 24x24 was approx $8000, I did everything myself with some help from friends.
Including: 24'x24'x6" slab w/#5 rebar 16" oc each way, 9' side walls, trusses, roofing, aluminum facia-soffits-gutters, wood siding, house wrap, all 5/8" osb roof and walls, 16x7 overhead door, 3' service door, four vinyl windows, breaker panel-wiring-lighting, insulated and sheetrocked and painted. About $ 14.00 sq. ft.
I had about $9000 more in retaining walls, dirt work and driveway.

 

[red caddy]

building costs

Hey Tajon,I'm located in south Florida, west coast, near Sarasota. I have a 35 X 60 ft. shop getting ready to start, (plans are at the code office, waiting on the permit issue) It's block/slab, with 13'8" wall height, wood trusses with steel roofing and 6 sky lights. 2, 12 X 12 ft. doors 1, 12'X 10 ft door, 2, 3-0 man doors and 2, 6-0 8-0 french doors A 225 AMP underground service to shop with a 150 AMP sub panel to the house. The "in slab" portion of the plumbing for a half bath, a 45 breaker panel with only minimal lighting ,is included, as is a 35 X 40 ft. driveway to the street, and stucco finish on the outside.
The bid price is $38,600 turn key, and I allowed another $4000.00 for interior DIY finish electrical,plumbing and framing for 2 small rooms.(bath and machine shop/engine assembly clean room) so I guesstimate about $ 45,000.00 up and running. (although I'm sure "construction" will go on for years, LOL) this whole project was planned as a "storage building" to ease it by the code freaks, but built strong enough to act as a hurrican shelter also.with a 15 K propane powered genset, and 600 gal.water tank.
I volunteered 4 weeks in Punta Gorda after charlie, and 3 weeks in Arcadia after Francis, first SAR, then cleanup/recovery. I learned a lot about building construction/survivability, and consequently, over engineered the shop,LOL LOL, but the contractor I am using is hung up on 6 major jobs, by the slow payouts from the insurance companies, and the ever present A$$ hole building inspectors, so he cut me a good deal, 'cause I can pay cash, and wait around his other jobs. My best advice to you is, have a set of plans drawn for what you want, and shop it to your local contractors. I figure my price per foot will be under $20.00 / SQ. FT.Good luck RED

 

[OI812]

I agree with Red 100%. Get your plans and shop around. Just remember the cheapest price and the highest price are not necessarily the best deals. The other thing to keep in the back of your head is that the more square footage you have the cheaper the square foot price. Oh yeah and stay with even numbers when building example 22 x 36 cost the same as a 21 x 35 typically.

Good Luck.

 

[OH-MAN]

Hey Tajon,I'm located in south Florida, west coast, near Sarasota. I have a 35 X 60 ft. shop getting ready to start, (plans are at the code office, waiting on the permit issue) It's block/slab, with 13'8" wall height, wood trusses with steel roofing and 6 sky lights. 2, 12 X 12 ft. doors 1, 12'X 10 ft door, 2, 3-0 man doors and 2, 6-0 8-0 french doors A 225 AMP underground service to shop with a 150 AMP sub panel to the house. The "in slab" portion of the plumbing for a half bath, a 45 breaker panel with only minimal lighting ,is included, as is a 35 X 40 ft. driveway to the street, and stucco finish on the outside.
The bid price is $38,600 turn key, and I allowed another $4000.00 for interior DIY finish electrical,plumbing and framing for 2 small rooms.(bath and machine shop/engine assembly clean room) so I guesstimate about $ 45,000.00 up and running. (although I'm sure "construction" will go on for years, LOL) this whole project was planned as a "storage building" to ease it by the code freaks, but built strong enough to act as a hurrican shelter also.with a 15 K propane powered genset, and 600 gal.water tank.
I volunteered 4 weeks in Punta Gorda after charlie, and 3 weeks in Arcadia after Francis, first SAR, then cleanup/recovery. I learned a lot about building construction/survivability, and consequently, over engineered the shop,LOL LOL, but the contractor I am using is hung up on 6 major jobs, by the slow payouts from the insurance companies, and the ever present A$$ hole building inspectors, so he cut me a good deal, 'cause I can pay cash, and wait around his other jobs. My best advice to you is, have a set of plans drawn for what you want, and shop it to your local contractors. I figure my price per foot will be under $20.00 / SQ. FT.Good luck RED

That is one smokin deal
Sounds like a great shop

 

[NHCharger]

Tajon, you don't mention your location except north shore. If you live in north shore near Boston $100/SF is probably the going rate.
I'm in southern NH. 40-50 per SF is the going rate. My town makes you use a 4' frost wall if your garage is bigger than 28'x28'. That adds $4,500 to a garage that size. Call a few local builders and try to get a ballpark price.

 

[87GN]

I'm in the process of having a 30' x 40' garage being built as we speak- they just dug the footer trencehes yesterday. It's going to cost me about $70k when it is finished including redoing the driveway. That's just a little over $58/sq ft.

Mark

 

[HUSTLESTUFF]

I am just about finished with my 36 x 80 x 14 shop. 2 12 x12, 1 10 x10 , 1 16 x 8 door with shower toilet and urinal, 12 x6 and 12 x 20 finished office. Has taken a little over a year and had slab poured and shingles and paper by paid help. Friends for trusses and first row of plywood for roof. I'll have just under $50K in it. Man I can't wait to start wrenching again. Had quote of $35/sq ft for unfinished garage. I have also heard that calling it a hurricane shelter will aid in the permit process, but no hurricanes out in Cali.

 

[Sundowner]

pricing a garage by the square foot is like pricing a TV by the pound.

a small garage takes pretty much all the same time and labor as a garage twice as big, and that's gonna hurt you becuase we live in a country where labor costs more than materials.

that bieng said, concrete prices have gone up dramatically, and the classic pole barn has become suprisingly economical with respect to the fact that it does not use a poured concrete foudation. I reccomed you look around for pole barn fabricators/erectors in your area. up here, connestoga seems to be a good outfit, and 6 months ago, the had priced me a 17x20 building with a concrete slab and wooden board-n-batten siding for $14000, or about $42/sf.

the thing I like best about the pole barn outfits is that thry know thier own buildings and practices, so the building goes up FAST (like in 5 days) and they rarely go over budget.