Cost Per Square Foot

secondcurve · 12-31-2021, 08:28 PM

Ok. A difficult question but what are ranges for the cost of new construction per square foot, excluding land, in the Lakes Region? I have a friend who is building a beach house on the sea coast just off the water and he is paying $436 a square foot. I was blown away by that cost. Spending $1,200,000 for 2,750 square feet. Lots of high end deck space and the house is on specialty piers but it seems like an extreme price to pay. He owned the land outright so that was outside of the construction cost. Can anything get built in the lakes region for $300 a square foot or has the escalating labor and building material costs made this an impossible target. Or did my friend get taken?

Another question, how far out are the builders. Is it possible to line up a good company for 2023?

Thanks!

12-31-2021, 08:28 PM	#1
secondcurve Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,084 Thanks: 1,267 Thanked 557 Times in 286 Posts	Cost Per Square Foot Ok. A difficult question but what are ranges for the cost of new construction per square foot, excluding land, in the Lakes Region? I have a friend who is building a beach house on the sea coast just off the water and he is paying $436 a square foot. I was blown away by that cost. Spending $1,200,000 for 2,750 square feet. Lots of high end deck space and the house is on specialty piers but it seems like an extreme price to pay. He owned the land outright so that was outside of the construction cost. Can anything get built in the lakes region for $300 a square foot or has the escalating labor and building material costs made this an impossible target. Or did my friend get taken? Another question, how far out are the builders. Is it possible to line up a good company for 2023? Thanks!