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Cost to Build a Home in New York State with a Partial Unfinished Basement, Below Grade
Cost to Build a Home in New York State with a Partial Unfinished Basement, Below Grade
Belhaven from Architectural House
Plans Plan ID Number: JK-893
Square Footage Total with basement: 3,120 Main Level:1,387 Bathrooms: 2.5 Master suite: Upper Floor Garage stalls: 2
Total living area: 2,340
Upper Level:953
Basement:780
Bedrooms: 4
Lower Level
Main Level
Upper Level
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To estimate cost, I'll use the "cost to build" calculator on my resource #5, “Building Costs by City & State”, on "Getting Started" on byoh.com.
Using “average" quality and an unfinished, partial basement (see "Lower” on plan) for the Syracuse, NY area, I came up with a total cost for Materials & labor of $192,917, for an owner/builder.
That’s an approximate cost of $82.44 per sq. ft., based on 2,340 sq. ft.
I determined this amount by deducting the General Contractor’s Markup (Profit, Overhead, & Contingency), equipment rental, and allowed only $2,000 for insurance.
If you finish the 780 sq. ft. partial basement during construction of the house (not later on) you should be able to do so for around $15,000.
Since the basement is, like many are, below grade, this would require the use if a “legal” ingress & egress window, such as the one featured above.
Adding the 780 sq. ft. would give you a total living area of 3120 sq. ft, a total cost of $207,917 for a sq. ft. figure of $66.64!
You should 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.
Again, the estimate for this house is an approximate one based on “average” quality materials and a partial unfinished basement.
Until you actually start getting bids and entering them into your own spreadsheet (see my spreadsheet page for FREE spreadsheets), it will remain approximate.
Carl







