All Forum Posts by: Patrick Dunigan

Hello all,

I am in the initial planning phase of building a primary custom home for my family.  I am looking to be my own general contractor to save on costs and gain experience.  I have a relationship with an experienced home builder who is willing to sign on as a construction consultant to ease my lenders concerns with my builder owner construction loan.  I also own the land outright so I will be using the equity as a down payment for the construction loan.  For those of you in new home construction / development in the Houston area, what is the $ / sq ft you have been seeing recently (without a GC)?  I am really just looking for high level estimates to determine a baseline. For reference, I have spoken to a few people and I have gotten estimates on the lower end around $110-$115 / sq ft and on the higher end around $175-$200 / sq ft.  I realize this is quite a subjective question as every project differs significantly based on the labor and materials used.  Just looking to get various opinions.  Thank you!