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Assuming they hired an architect and had hired labor build it (and put Feist lyrics at the bottom of the post), easily in the multi-million dollar range conside
by rglover 5y ago
Assuming they hired an architect and had hired labor build it (and put Feist lyrics at the bottom of the post), easily in the multi-million dollar range considering the location.
That said, it doesn't have to be that way. I'm building a house up in the mountains at the moment. Found ~3 acres for 12k and I'm doing the land clearing and build mostly by myself on the weekends to keep costs down.
My current guess is final costs w/ out-of-pocket financing (goal is to do it debt-free so I own house and land outright when I finish) will be somewhere between $250k-$350k, including the land price (maybe a bit higher as material prices fluctuate).
If you're patient and willing to make adjustments elsewhere in your life, you can do it. If you're just building a simple house, too, and not a Dwell photoshoot, you'd be surprised at what you can accomplish.
- fartcannon 5y ago3 acres for 12k? Where? That's incredible. Well done!
- rglover 5y agoTennessee.
- fartcannon 5y agoI see. I don't think you could buy a temporary ice fishing hut for 12k in Canada.
- Scoundreller 5y agoBut you can live on the lake rent-free for several months of the year if you go north enough. What’s that worth to you?
- mod 5y agoIn case anyone else thinks that's crazy, I bought 40 acres in the Ozarks with a (manufactured) home, a shop, a 52x14 storage building, and a few other outbuildings. The land was mostly wooded, with a few acres in use for a garden. $60,000 in 2015 Details: 1 hour from walmart, 35 minutes from the grocery, 5 miles from pavement, zero stoplights in my county, no zoning at all (build anything you want). But a nicely-kept dirt road, plenty of people living in the area, etc.
- celestialcheese 5y agoI live in this area. Build prices for modern, architectural homes up there is probably in the $300-$400 / sqft range at the moment. Sure, you could do some work yourself, but unless you've got an army of friends and family that can do complicated concrete work in remote areas, your going to have to hire professionals, and professionals are _really_ expensive right now. My guess is this build was between $900k-$1.2m CA. Hard to guess without knowing the sqft or acreage. This isn't necessarily outrageous given the market up there, and was probably a great investment and has substantial equity, but you need a strong personal balance sheet to handle that and the cost overruns. Your right, though, that if you live in a low cost of living area, and you keep your expectations and footprint manageable, you can get a lot for very little. Like these cob homes, gorgeous - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlzpfkjjqOw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlzpfkjjqOw