I am looking at either building or buying another home.
My first preference is to build.
I am trying to find a realistic price per square foot.
Does anyone know what constitutes moderate to luxurary?
For instance I would want quality countertops, fireplace, brick, wood floors, tile floor, and carpet in the bedrooms.
I am hearing prices from $50.00 - $100.00 psf.
I have never built a home and I am wondering if I can build for close to the same price of buying an older home?
I'm thinking with us getting closer to retirement age a new home would not be something always needing maintence, I hope.
Any comments?
Depends on what part of the country you're in. In our area the range is more like 90.00 & up. Thats S.E. Texas. On the Gulf Coast in Mississippi it is around 500.00 per sq ft
Depends on what part of the country you're in. In our area the range is more like 90.00 & up. Thats S.E. Texas. On the Gulf Coast in Mississippi it is around 500.00 per sq ft
Miss is that expensive????? wild!
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I am looking at either building or buying another home.
My first preference is to build.
I am trying to find a realistic price per square foot.
Does anyone know what constitutes moderate to luxurary?
For instance I would want quality countertops, fireplace, brick, wood floors, tile floor, and carpet in the bedrooms.
I am hearing prices from $50.00 - $100.00 psf.
I have never built a home and I am wondering if I can build for close to the same price of buying an older home?
I'm thinking with us getting closer to retirement age a new home would not be something always needing maintence, I hope.
Any comments?
If your going to do the work yourself or buy a fixer's upper you need to ask, do I have the patience and wherewithal and is my marriage strong enough to handle the stress that comes with taken on a project like this. If you can answer yes to these then I'd say go for it.
We built our own place, took four years instead of the two we had projected, this was due to up grading here and there holding out for what we really wanted, like hardwood floors and other custom things , so it threw everything off . In the end we are happy, my thoughts would be to spend your money on what you really want, and realize your dream home may take a lot longer then you had hope. Good luck~