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   bobl | Jul 17, 2006 07:21pm | #1

   just hazarding a guess, but at best they will be average numbers, not real numbers.

    

   bobl          Volo, non valeo

   Baloney detecter

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   piko | Jul 18, 2006 01:59pm | #2

   Yep - that and "Get-a-Quote.net". Got approximations that were nowhere near what I thought and threw them out. If you want a price to work to, pay a quantity surveyor. The best way if you want to see if any contractor is about to start ripping you off.

   But, building a custom home is not for the weak of heart - it's a long and arduous task fraught with expensive lessons, divorces, and the like. Since you haven't indicated your actual intention - "I will be building a custom house...every stick, every bit of drywall, every shingle" - I surmise you are only playing with figures right now.

   All the best...

   To those who know - this may be obvious. To those who don't - I hope I've helped.

    

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   hasbeen | Jul 18, 2006 06:53pm | #4

   What the heck is a "quantity surveyor"? Never heard the term before.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." Voltaire

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   Lansdown | Jul 18, 2006 07:51pm | #5

   Roughly it's the English and/or Canadian term for a cost estimator, though there are other differences as well.

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   florida | Jul 18, 2006 02:46pm | #3

   Just for giggles I ran my last 2 houses through building costs.net and found they were within a few thousand dollars of my final number. I wouldn't use it to bid a job but it should give you a ballpark.