I have caught up with getting my taxes done, etc and that meant reconciling various accounts which I had left unattended for awhile due to the house construction.
We are getting comfortable in the house now. It has been a cold, wet winter and the most recent electric bill was higher than anticipated but so to was everyone else's bill. The weather is getting nice now and what rain we have had is evaporating quickly.
The house used up most of our financial resources and so we must pay off last items before purchasing other important stuff like window treatments (my wife wants drapes and I want bamboo shades).
We also want to focus on the landscaping now and we will just have to do this incrementally. The drier weather is finally here so our minds have turned to getting a garden started and doing some basic landscaping. I want to start clearing the lot of briars.
The earthwork we did went over budget by $38,000 so immediately we had to make adjustments - one was to give up the garage and the other was to have a shingle roof instead of a metal roof.
We wanted to build the house to LEED Green standards as best we could. This meant sacrificing some East facing windows (2 in the master bathroom and 2 in the master bedroom and one by the shower). Building to Green standards meant finding locally sourced materials, materials with recycled content, are durable, and are energy/water efficient. This was the goal and it probably cost us an extra 10% or so to achieve. A lot depends on what level of finish, roof type, insulation, and fixtures you choose.
When I first approached our builder we were quoted about $150/sq ft but it looks more like $175 to even $$190 sq/ft if we include the builder's fee and our consulting architects fee! If you can do more of the work, the better you will be.
Using my Quicken data I can give you some basic costs breakdowns:
ABC Lighting (lighting fixtures) ~$4000
Acadian Millwork & Supply (windows and doors) ~$30000
Antique Woods Of Louisiana (antique pine flooring) ~$5000
Builder's Risk Plan (builder's insurance) ~$2000
Flat Iron Capital (builder's Insurance) ~$4000
C-N-C Framing/Construction (framing, porch, stairs) ~$34000
Campbell Cabinet Company (kitchen cabinets) ~ $11000
Campbell Contractors (countertops) ~$5000
Campbell Roofing Materials (roof shingles, roof vents) ~$10000
Capital Security System (wired home for alarms, internet, cable, phone, etc) ~$3000
Chrisco Pumping (concrete for slab base of foundation) ~$1000
Calairain Brothers Concrete (advanced treatment system/septic tank) ~$3500
Coastal Insulation of Louisiana (insulation, radiant barrier guard) ~$9000
DA Exterminating (termite pre-treatment) ~$500
David Church (Electrical wiring, etc) ~$13500
Dupont Air Conditioning & Heating (AC/heat recovery) $ 15500
Engineering Services (foundation design) ~$500
Eric Bochmann (finishes) $3000
Floorworks & Blinds (tile work, carpet installation) ~$16500
Greg King (slab work and carpentry) ~$8000
Griffin Polk (Piers) ~$5000
Hayneedle Inc (medicine cabinets) ~$700
Home green Home (earthweave wool carpet) ~$4000
JV Burkes (surveying) ~$1500
JC & WC Construction (Earthwork, culvert) ~$76000
Joe D Hodge (builder's fee) ~$47000
Joey Gamage (roofing labor) ~$3000
Joey Pulliam (wood flooring labor) ~$6500
John T Meeker/Meeker's Plumbing (plumbing) ~$14000
Johnson Plastering (Stucco) ~$17500
KVS Architecture (LEED/architectural consultant) ~$8000
Kern Cole (house cleaning) $1000
Keith Chatigner (plastering/sheetrock) ~$6000
Ken Hamilton (Trim/cabinet carpentry) ~$13500
Kort's Trucking (River sand, gravel, crushed concrete) ~$5000
LCP holdings (tankless water heaters) ~$1500
Lex Pierpont (roof flashing & chimney cap) ~$3000
Louisiana Lumber (lumber) ~$50000
Lowes/Home depot (door hardware, mailbox, etc) ~$2000
Mike's Hardware (hardware, building supplies) ~$8000
Mitchell Lange (driveway, grading, drainage) ~$1500
Northlake Glass (cabinet & shower glazing) ~$1500
Parish Concrete (concrete for slab) ~$16000
Pot-o-Gold (Port-a-Potty) ~$500
St Tammany Parish (permits, etc) ~$3500
St Tammany Supply/Plumbing Warehouse (plumbing fixtures, etc) ~$8500
Tech-Con Systems (wire-tied foundation) ~$4000
Thomas Quave (interior/exterior painting) ~$20000
Vintage hardware (exterior lighting) ~$1500
Waterworks Pump & Well (water pump) ~$6000
William Samuel (site cleanup) ~$3000
Total: ~$527000!! ~$218/sq ft This is about what the Regions Bank Contracted Appraiser rated it, so if one includes land value then we find we have overbuilt.
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