Garage Plans And Garage Cost
You'll undoubtedly want to know the cost to build a garage as soon as you have selected your garage plans
. That is an issue many people considering garage building have. There is no quick and simple resolution to this problem in view of the fact that just about everybody wanting to know the garage building cost has a different situation.
Some of these items could change your garage cost:
* how difficult are the garage plans you selected
* do it yourself garage building versus using the services of a general contractor
* high cost of living areas vs. low living cost areas
* 1 or 2 or 3 or 4+ car garage plans
* will you have garage plans with a residence
In addition to that, garage construction costs can vary quite a bit based on the season and other factors. The cost of building a basic one car garage will likely be a lot cheaper than the cost of building a one car garage with a loft. Clearly the more simple the garage plans you choose, the less expensive it will be to build the garage, and the more difficult plans will have more pricey finishing treatments. With all of these fluctuations and possibilities a garage building cost estimator is not a simple gadget to come up with.
No two areas of the country are identical, in each location the garage builders will assess various fees. Our exploration did not present any consistent values in the U.S. Government figures for the cost of building a garage, but there is good data for the cost of building a new home in various areas of the nation. Using the construction cost figures for new housing provides a good comparison of the relative values for garage building cost. This data on home construction cost is from the United States Census Bureau. In 2008 the usual price per square foot for constructing a new residence was:
* South $79.64
* Midwest $87.99
* Northeast $117.91
* West $111.72
Compared to the South, the cost of building:
* Midwest is 10% costlier
* it is 48% more costly to build in the Northeast
* building costs are 40% higher in the West
So right off the bat it is obvious that the region you live in will have a dramatic effect on your garage cost. Just one illustration - 2 car garage plans that cost $22,000 to build in New England, would cost only around $15,000 down South. Keep in mind this doesn't account for the garage cost differences between rural and city garage builders. Looking at some of the other garage cost information we found, there seems to be a consensus that garage cost should be in the vicinity of of $35 to $45 per square foot. You may not be aware that house building costs outpaced inflation in 26 of the years from 1965 through 2009, based on U.S. Census Bureau figures. Over the past decade:
HPI = Housing Price Index, CPI = Consumer Price Index
In 2000 the HPI increased 4.40%, the CPI increased 3.4%, the HPI increased 29.4% more than the CPI
In 2001 the HPI increased 5.00%, the CPI increased 1.6%, the HPI increased 212.5% more than the CPI
In 2002 the HPI increased 2.50%, the CPI increased 2.4%, the HPI increased 4.2% more than the CPI
In 2003 the HPI increased 5.10%, the CPI increased 1.9%, the HPI increased 168.4% more than the CPI
In 2004 the HPI increased 8.40%, the CPI increased 3.3%, the HPI increased 154.5% more than the CPI
In 2005 the HPI increased 7.40%, the CPI increased 3.4%, the HPI increased 117.6% more than the CPI
In 2006 the HPI increased 6.00%, the CPI increased 2.5%, the HPI increased 140.0% more than the CPI
In 2007 the HPI increased 0.90%, the CPI increased 4.1%, the HPI decreased -78.0% versus the CPI
In 2008 the HPI decreased 3.50%, the CPI increased 0.1%, the HPI decreased -3600.0% versus the CPI
In 2009 the HPI decreased 5.00%, the CPI increased 2.7%, the HPI decreased -285.2% versus the CPI
It is hard to figure what the construction world is going to do from one year to the next. When the market was going through the boom development period construction fees had been easily trouncing inflation, but once the building market collapsed the market was hit particularly hard.
Undoubtedly you will find a few imperfections in trying to utilize the HPI as a measurement device for the Garage Price Index (that's a phrase we came up with), but it's perhaps the best mechanism we have got.
It's likely the $34/sq. ft. to $48/sq. ft. garage cost does not include complicated garage plans, such as apartment garage plans. Any garage plans with apartments are going to start approaching the price per square foot to have a new house constructed, depending on the complexity of your floor plan. The more your garage plans resemble a house, the closer the garage construction cost per sq. ft. will be to that of a house. What's more, we are basing this discussion on your garage being put up by a general contractor and not by you. Doing the manual labor yourself, either some of it or all of it, your garage cost would come down significantly.
Summary - Using the Southern region of the United States as the starting point, the garage cost to have a builder put up a garage for you should be between $34/square foot for basic garage plans and $80/square foot for more complex garage plans with living area and all of the amenities. The Northeast is quite a bit extra, costing up to about $118 a square foot for garage apartment plans, and about $48 a sq. ft. for basic garage plans. There is certainly no replacement for getting real proposals from garage builders, but hopefully this information will provide you with some guidance. Be sure to get at least 3 quotes! In an upcoming article we will address the garage cost of just the building materials.
by: blubayou
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