NECowboy
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greybeard":179l3npn said:Around here, stick built generally means lumber studs and built on site. Most current builds are stud walls, sheathed and with brick faced or hardy plank--some go with metal siding. I haven't seen any vinyl siding in a long time--hurricane country.NECowboy":179l3npn said:greybeard":179l3npn said:Stick house.
Dave lives in NW Washington--Pacific Northwest.
You live in Nebraska.
Which is most likely to have cheaper building materials?
(Rock is expensive in East Texas where I live--almost free in West Texas where I used to live)
Stick built can use any type of materials - it ain't sticks. That's why I was wondering if he did cheap vinyl siding or what he did on it.
Of course materials gonna be more in Nebraska but you can't tell me that it's THAT much more expensive in middle of country. Wash State I would think labor would be expensive as all get out but maybe not once you get outside of Seattle Area.
Mine was built in late 2008-finished May 2009. 1775 interior sq ft, 2x6" wall thickness. 2 bdrm. pine ceilings from end to end (they were not cheap) . Ready to move in, with all new major appliances kitchen/bath/laundry ran me $65/sq ft. Add another $5000 for the well + $5200 for waste water treatment plant bumped it up to $71/sq ft.
No garage.
There are no basements in this part of the world.
Greybeard, u mind pming me some pictures of your house? Sounds awesome.
Here we do basement as you have to have either a crawl space or basement and we are in northern end of tornado alley. Basement is nice cuz it doubles your square footage but not your property tax bill (new houses are taxed at full value based on square footage which gets expen$$ive but basement is much reduced square footage cost).
Garage again too with winters we get important to have.