06-18-2007, 06:28 AM
Thanks for the info.
I tried doubling the material cost and the house comes out at around $35 a square foot labor & material. Seems low. Using a sq foot cost of $130, the house comes out around $700,000. Big difference.
To make things more confusing, a local GC here looked at the plan this morning and said it's a contractors dream home. Simple to erect, open spaces, rectangle, stock framing, etc. They estimated a cost around $60 a sq foot for slab, framing, sheet rocking, trim, plumbing, electrical, and standards shingle roof. But they kept saying Hawaii is vastly different.
I guess what I need is a service in the Hilo/Puna districts that can do a cost estimator based on local conditions and the actual plan. But I can't seem to find anyone. The lumberyards can do general material cost, but not the probable labor cost. The one contractor I did contact was way to vague using a general sq foot which was three times the estimated cost to build it here.
I don't want to waste anyone's time estimating if it’s just a generic amount that does not reflect the actual building, yet I can't find a commercial construction estimating company on the BI that's reliable in their estimates.
Any suggestions for a person thousands of miles away? I have the preliminary floor plan and elevation completed. But like I said, everyone here looks at it and don’t know what to say because it looks nothing like what we have and is designed for function not “my house is taller and more ornate than your house”
I tried doubling the material cost and the house comes out at around $35 a square foot labor & material. Seems low. Using a sq foot cost of $130, the house comes out around $700,000. Big difference.
To make things more confusing, a local GC here looked at the plan this morning and said it's a contractors dream home. Simple to erect, open spaces, rectangle, stock framing, etc. They estimated a cost around $60 a sq foot for slab, framing, sheet rocking, trim, plumbing, electrical, and standards shingle roof. But they kept saying Hawaii is vastly different.
I guess what I need is a service in the Hilo/Puna districts that can do a cost estimator based on local conditions and the actual plan. But I can't seem to find anyone. The lumberyards can do general material cost, but not the probable labor cost. The one contractor I did contact was way to vague using a general sq foot which was three times the estimated cost to build it here.
I don't want to waste anyone's time estimating if it’s just a generic amount that does not reflect the actual building, yet I can't find a commercial construction estimating company on the BI that's reliable in their estimates.
Any suggestions for a person thousands of miles away? I have the preliminary floor plan and elevation completed. But like I said, everyone here looks at it and don’t know what to say because it looks nothing like what we have and is designed for function not “my house is taller and more ornate than your house”