But using your scenario, any decent contractor that does good work, on time and on budget will mark that up 40% on a job that small.  

A fair number of British attorneys in England are over the $1,000 pound per hour mark.  

@Mark Vejnar what site should I go to to access the information that the city has on property prices?

If you're asking what his "mark up" is on the costs of his work, after insurance costs and such, probably 20% or so.

You are related to Mark Norris, owner of City Suburban Title.My father was affiliated with City Suburban Title, and until summer 2012, he was also listed as the attorney for EquityBuild.

What you say Mark is true. 

One of the neighbors has just listed his home for sale and could not be more happy about the changes.In total we ended up about 10k over budget pushing now the 50k mark.

Too bad they all closed for the season at the end of April...Thanks, @Mark Elliott.

@Seth Williams, @Mark Podolsky How have you guys handled the survey issue with your land deals in the past?

Thanks Mark for the reply.