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Comments (1)Location makes a big difference but I've never built in Canada....See MoreCost Estimating/Building New Home
Comments (0)I'm looking at using either Systems Estimating(accurate to +/- 15%) or Unit Price Estimating (accurate to +/-10%. how do i find out the published cost estimating guide for the area i live in? were do i go to find out the labor rate standards for the sub contractors in my area? thanks...See MoreWhat's a baseline cost of building a house in southern Ontario?
Comments (7)Uber luxury homebuilder Paul Miklas of Valleymede Homes, Toronto cites C$550 sq. ft., including, of course, a handsome management/profit figure, depending whether it's custom or spec. (He spec builds mansions in the C$20 million + + range.) I was a TARION-licenced homebuilder up to 2008. On a current project, I'm looking at my costs of C$250-C$275 sf for an entry-level Toronto luxury home. Having an experienced contractor stickbuilding from scratch rather than using a "package" will be more competitive. Consider hiring an architectural technologist to draw up a plan, then getting quotes on that. If you're sticking with the "package", also get other quotes....See MoreCost of building an adobe home?
Comments (15)Inside the front bedroom of a house that passed a sale inspection ...we had some hairline cracks in the plaster that turned out to be covering major damage from decades earlier. The "repairs" turned into a multi-week multi-thousand dollar total remove, apply metal lathe and re-plaster the interior. Of the whole house ... Our house was built before electricity ... it's been tucked in along door frames and behind baseboards. We also have a few places with conduit exposed. The joy of living where housing codes and inspections were unknown. Massive erosion under a window from cracked exterior stucco and poor daulking, and the window was placed directly on the adobe with no framing, just the steel window supporting the wall. Replacing this window would rebuilding most of the wall. Needless to say, it's staying....See MoreUser
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