Have some bids in for my 1400 sq ft home w/400 sq ft loft (just that, a loft) from some penalized home "kit" companies, and I want to check the pricing. It seems high to me for for Northeast, NH.
To be clear, this is for weathertight shell only. No foundation, insulation, electrical or plumbing.
2X6 walls 24" oc, floor trusses 19.2" oc, 30 yr architech shingles, Anderson 400 windows & doors. No garage doors included in quote.
I have a large 38X24 attached garage. No 2nd floor above garage, just attic trusses 24" oc.

The few prices I've gotten is between $110,000 and $130,000. Kit only. The discussions I've had with contractors to "erect" the pieces is around $16-$20k. (about 2 weeks worth of work) Plus about $25K for foundation/excavation and a garage & walk out basement.

All pricing seems pretty reasonable to me (sigh), except the raw materials price for the kit. It's caused me to price some stuff up individually to see if I could make sense of it.

The Anderson 400 Windows/Doors cost $13,000, my price. That's only 9%-10% or so the cost of the kit. Priced up floor trusses w/advantech flooring at about $4.5k. So that leaves around $102,000 for 2x6 walls, roof, sheathing, shingles, siding and assembling the "panels" at the factory. Really? Not sure that's possible. (apparently it is) Delivery is extra.

I like the idea of the panelized system, but now looking at whether it's worth it, or I should just start looking into it being built by scratch. (obliviously construction cost will be more)

This is just a "shell", so should be pretty upfront to price up.
Any input?
Thanks . I thought I'd be able to do this based on $40 per sq ft, not including foundation. 1400 sq main + 912 garage + 400 loft = 2712 sq X $40 = $108,480 built, and weather tight shell. (plus basement/foundation @ $25k=$133,480) Maybe I'm not being realistic, as this has been closer in price of the Kit materials only.

This post was edited by yota_85 on Tue, Aug 6, 13 at 16:35