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> a single aboveground space cost $27,000 How did we get into this situation? According to this https://www.angieslist.com/articles/how-much-does-concrete-driv
by sweeneyrod 7y ago
> a single aboveground space cost $27,000
How did we get into this situation? According to this https://www.angieslist.com/articles/how-much-does-concrete-driveway-cost.htm https://www.angieslist.com/articles/how-much-does-concrete-d... a "high-end" contractor charges at most $10 per square foot to build a concrete driveway, i.e. $2000 for a 200 sq ft parking space. Where does the other $25,000 go?
- ceejayoz 7y agoGiven that a dump on a tenth of an acre goes for a million bucks or more in parts of California, some of that's probably just for the space it takes up.
- paulgb 7y agoThey cite this paper: http://shoup.bol.ucla.edu/HighCost.pdf http://shoup.bol.ucla.edu/HighCost.pdf The cost of a driveway does not consider excavating the space (or vertically building the space) for the parking spot.
- kube-system 7y agoEven just plain old ground-level outdoor paved spaces often need rainwater management structures to meet code, which can easily cost more than the pavement itself.
- jlj 7y agoMarket price of buildable land?
- TheCoelacanth 7y agoYour quote is for surface parking. Theirs is for above-ground parking. It is much more expensive to build a structure strong enough to hold a bunch of cars off the ground than it is to just pave a flat area.
- sweeneyrod 7y agoAh, I assumed above-ground just mean not underground but looks like that was wrong.