You've still got 80% of the build left to go, both in time and money.

Hollysprings.. i hope you are wrong.. otherwise I would be broke:)

giantsfan - i assume you have a budget and bid out costs prior to starting the project. are you on track re: budget?

Housebulider - I wish we did.. But we did not.. I am flying by the seat of my pants and have no idea where this number is going to end up. My husband is an engineer and GC commercial buildings also. All our friends are contractors in some shape or form. So its killing me as we are just paying as we going... Clear the land xxx amount. site work xxx, foundation and slabs..xxx.. septic and well xxx.. framer xxx .. lumber prices xxx..
I am working on this full time - getting 3 different prices for siding, roofing, doors, plumbing fixtures etc.... I currently have bids for HVAC, electric and plumbing. Beyond that I have nothing. I have a total budget I don't want to go over but have no idea at this point in time how to figure out where I will be.. Way too stressful....

You my friend are in trouble as Holly is probably about dead-on. I would have thought you had 66 - 75% left myself. interior fit-out and finishing is definitely more than the shell and finishing the shell.

just wonderful.. thanks for the follow - up. I will be sure to come back and let everyone know what not do when building a house...

Once you get quotes worked out for cabinets, counters, flooring, HVAC, electrical (fixtures and labour), plumbing fixtures and any necessary re-grading, landscaping, etc you will start to have a better idea on pricing as these (in addition to the ones you have already done were the biggest ones in our in progress build). I assume you have already paid for your windows and exterior doors (as that is big $$$ too).

You may need to watch very carefully your cabinet choices (think Ikea or other RTA) and flooring (wood look vinyl can be nice) and don't discount laminate for counters.

Carol

OntarioMom.. Working on all those quotes now. Yes, our biggest numbers have been the lumber, framer, windows and foundation and site work.. we had lots of rock that had to be hammered out. With us GCing ourselves we are saving some there.. Our builder friends said we are about 1/3 of our expenses done.. We will see.. Hopefully in a couple weeks I have all the other major numbers inside and can see where I am at.
I was looking at Kitchen and Bathroom cabinets today and everyone wants to know what my budget is.. I don't have one.. just a budget for the big project so I somehow have to translate that to the small things and figure this out..

We are alos GCing our build and some DIY too (brutal). We saved quite a bit on our cabinet order by ordering RTA cabinets from Scherr's. We could have saved even more if we had done Ikea, but I was not in love with Ikea doors. Good luck figuring out the numbers.

Carol

I will have to look at those cabinets. I only have prices out Kemper so far . waiting on Omega quote. But, I did not think the price was bad at 12k.

ck with your local cabinet builders and get quotes. You can get excellent cabinets without paying for brand name.

OntarioMom, did you get Scherrs in Canada? Or did you have them shipped to a border town?

@ amberm145,

DH plans to rent a truck and drive to Scherr's in North Dakota to get the cabinets when they are ready. They also quoted for the cabinets to be shipped to a border town. I believe they would also have been willing to ship them to us in Canada, but we never got a quote for this.

Carol

at your stage we had spent about 1/5 of our budget.....(not counting land,
and land preparation and electricity