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What does it cost to tear down and rebuild in the bay area


               
2013 Mar 21, 10:12am   7,241 views  23 comments

by myob   follow (0)  

I'm looking for some first hand experience here, in case anyone has any.

Say you buy a lot in a good area that has an old, unfixable, barely livable house and repairing it is basically a waste. I know this area is insane in terms of regulations, environment impact studies and the like.

I need to
1) Remove an old ~1000sqft house built in the 20's. No asbestos and no lead, thankfully
2) I need to get whatever permits are necessary to build a new house.
3) I need to build a new house. I don't care for granite counter tops or columns, I'm fine with a simple home with an IKEA kitchen. What kind of dollars per square foot am I looking at?

I realize this is a very broad question, just looking for some rough idea, since I have no clue. I've never engaged in real estate in CA and it's much cheaper where I'm familiar with such things.

Thanks.

#housing

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1   myob   @   2013 Mar 21, 10:27am  

That's a bit under $300/sqft. Is that just building something new, or does it include teardown?

2   PockyClipsNow   @   2013 Mar 21, 10:30am  

open yellow pages and start calling general contractors with this question.

3   myob   @   2013 Mar 21, 10:30am  

I'm doing that as well, just looking for personal experience here.

4   evilmonkeyboy   @   2013 Mar 21, 10:38am  

@SFace why is this so expensive, I know that it is not the labor or materials? If you own the land it seems like it shouldn't cost so much

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