11-08-2007, 11:10 AM
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John, would the Puna price per sf apply to Hilo? Also, if you build only a 600 sf home is the cost more per sf than for a larger home since costs such as the septic are fixed? Thanks!
Francesca
if you have a 20' x 30' house and you increase to 24' x 32' although you have added 168 sf - you have added 4 x 2 linear ft + 2 x 2 lf = 12 lf in wall framing. The roof structure and floor structure would increase by the SF. So what happens is that to a certain point (all things being equal) increasing your SF brings down your SF price slightly as you get larger.
The costs that are fixed such as wasetwater, or driveway apron, etc will be spread out over more SF.
Plumbing probably wont increase much if you keep the same number of fixtures as the smaller SF so will be spread over a larger SF.
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Edited by - kapohocat on 11/08/2007 15:12:56