11-25-2007, 05:46 AM
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...8K for 10,000gal catchment,
4k for septic tank,
Like Nalu stated 100-130sf covers septic and cathment. So according to Kapohocat's reply of 38.5K - 50K minus the 12K for the house= ABOUT THE SAME PRICE.....
I quess it is really hard to get around the 100-130 sf island cost of building unless an owner/builder can do most of the work himself/herself...
Those two big items ($31/SF) can skew the SF price for a smaller house. If the house is larger, the SF price drops - say 500 SF brings the cost down to $24/sf for those two same items. Also in framing - adding SF actually will drop the material SF price - your wall framing say going from a 12 x 12 room to 16 x 16 adds 16 LF of wall framing; as opposed to 112 SF of space. Although floor and roof framing would increase in correlation to SF.
And yes the more an owner builder does, the less it MAY cost them. Sometimes O/B's make expensive mistakes. Cheaper isnt always less expensive.
Drywall seems to be the one area where everyone thinks they can do it themselves. And it is the one thing that always shows the worst flaws.