Originally posted by @Jeffrey Stasz:
If you're in Boston and the surrounding areas building high end homes you should be planning on 300/sqft. If you're builder and hold your unlimited license then it could be closer to 250 but that is close to the bottom. Anyone pitching sub 200/sqft in this area is a little off base. Price out your Italian Marble showers and counter tops and your custom thermadore/wolf appliance package and this price point is going to seem a little more reasonable.
If they're anywhere close to $200 psf they are low. I design for a builder who builds about 70 homes a year well outside of Boston and his cost to customer is over $150 psf and that is vinyl siding, PT deck, prefinished flooring etc. Add wood siding, nicer windows, sand in place flooring etc. and of course nicer finishes / kitchen and $200 psf is in the rear view.
I also design for a few Cape Cod builders and they are in the $250-$400 psf range.
