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Cost to Build a Home in Wisconsin
Cost to Build a House in Wisconsin
An Appealing 3 Bedroom Ranch with Attractive Front Dormers from HDA (houseplansandmore.com)
HDA – Plan # 592-001D-0034

3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2-car Front entry garage Total Square Feet: 1642 Footprint: 59ft. 4in. x 48ft. Standard Foundation: Basement, ( or Crawl Space, or Slab) Exterior Stud Type: 2x4 1st Floor Square Feet: 1,642
To estimate the cost, I'll use the FREE " cost to build" calculator on HDA’s web site!
This is an absolutely amazing feature for a Home Plan Web Site! I find it be fairly accurate.
All you have to do to use this "cost to build calculator", is plug in the zip code where you plan to build. Check it out! (I compared the results to the “Cost to Build Calculator” on my “Getting Started” page and they were almost the same, depending on which “quality class” for each category I selected.) Wouldn’t you rather be pleasantly surprised?
So, using the HDA calculator for the Appleton, WI area, Zip code 54911, a cost to build of $170,469 was determined Remember, it costs more to build a one story house than a two story house of the same size and quality. “A two-story home with the same square footage as a one-story has half the roofing costs and half the foundation costs. There are also economies in plumbing and heating in two stories”. You should also keep in mind that the cost to build for this example, or any house plan, can vary considerably depending quality of materials selected, and on actual bids for labor and material. Until you actually start getting bids and entering them into your own spreadsheet (see my spreadsheet page for FREE spreadsheets), any estimate will remain approximate. And, is available at most Lowe's Stores and at Lowe’s.com
The cost to build is a little on the “high” side, but that’s what you want in preliminary estimating.
That’s an approximate cost of $104.21 per sq. ft.
This is a quote is from my “Reading House Plans” on byoh.com.
By the way, my book, "Learn to Be a General Contractor" is published by HDA
You can build it!
Carl



