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Your Building Estimate & Schedule.

	The cost of building a home varies greatly, depending on choices you make through the home design and building process. Most people get started with a budget in mind, and many times pre-qualify for a loan and lock in a home mortgage rate before they are very far into the building site and home design selection.
In addition to the building site and home design (and building materials package) that you choose, two major factors can affect the final cost of a building a home: finish materials and labor Many home builders like to throw out ranges of cost per square foot. “How much does it cost per square foot?” Its as easy to answer as “ How much should I expect to spend on a new car”? Or “ How much does a vacation cost? In each question, there are so many variables that it are not possible to provide an accurate answer without gathering more information. Additional issues that you may want to discuss with your B&T representative include the cost savings between one and two story homes, total square footage of your home, the footprint and root pitches of your home, the time of year, your choices in millwork and how the interior finish selections affect the final budget. The home construction loan and current home mortgage rates also need to be taken into consideration.
Your Schedule
The time line for designing and building your new home or addition is also dependent upon many factors (and not all of them related to construction). Factors that relate to your home construction schedule may range from your local building permit process, to the to the weather at the time of construction, the time you have to invest in the design process. The average time for design is about four to eight weeks and construction is about four to six months after the permits are issued.