How do you select a builder for your home?
I just want to know what this will cost me to build. It is a question every homeowner wants to be answered, so they call a contractor, and guess what? Say what??? Nope, if you have not told them what to price, they must assume, and their guess will be wrong, they have no idea what tile you will select.
Unless you have a complete set of drawings and specifications, the contractor has no idea what to price.
Remember that every project is custom, one of a kind, and has never been built before. You builder may have built hundreds of homes but not on this piece of land, this plan, with your selections. That is what makes it yours and unique to you, which is what makes it great and why you are doing it.
Well, what will it cost per foot? A builder can only accurately price what they can see, or they may know that in this area, based on the sales price, homes are built for about____. This is worth to you, virtually nothing. Personally, my construction costs can run from $100/SF to $1,000/SF, and it has nothing to do with me. This is the design and finishes desired by the owner, so it was priced accordingly. The cost is what the cost is; if it is too high, make different selections.
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The project's cost is up to the client, not your builder.
This is your home, you make the decisions, so the choice is yours. People will say, "don't hire him; he is expensive, so and so, just built a house, and it cost them XX/SF." He is the guy you probably want to hire if you can get on his schedule, he is working with demanding clients with expensive taste, and he gets the job done. You can select lesser costly items for your home, but you will still get the quality and management skills he brings to "so and so."
With that now understood, maybe management, integrity, and quality should decide your selection. There is no pricing bullet, and if that is your deciding factor, good luck. You know the saying. A builder may be a great carpenter, but a great carpenter does not make a great builder. A great builder hires and manages great teams of subcontractor carpenters included.
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