General Contractor / Spec Home Builder Question

[tyromeo55]

Google barndominium. There are thousands of pics out there from mild to wild.

Yep. You can go cheap or spend a fortune. I know someone who built one that is $400k+ not including the land.

 

[Parks 788]

Thanks for the replies, everyone, except Nemesis. Dennis, I've seen some real nice metal buildings turned into homes. It is amazing what can be done. I just don't think that when we move and my wife has been throwing around the Forever Home comment that a metal building is going to cut it. I'm pretty flexible and will let her have anything she wants in her home. I just require a couple items in my home. 1) Attached 4 car garage that is either 2 wide and 2 deep or 4 wide and about 35' deep. 2) Large Den with rock wood burning fireplace and space for hanging my mounts, book shelves, gun racks, desk/workbench and large closet. 3) Large single story. Would prefer to not have a second floor. 4) Above ground storm shelter with exit door to the outside of the home.

Other than those items she can do as she pleases and i will take care of the shops, barns, sheds and other out buildings.

 

[jakeman]

Nice! Is that a $150/sq.ft. home? I didn't do the math.[emoji16]

I really miss building new homes but I'm way to slow these days to do it myself and way to cranky to deal with subcontractors.

We sold the home for about $130 sq ft.

 

[BobbyV]

Yep. You can go cheap or spend a fortune. I know someone who built one that is $400k+ not including the land.

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[jakeman]

No way in the world could I live there. That floor is LOUD !!!

Even if I were looking for a house like that in that area, which I'm not, the flooring chosen would drive me out of there.
I wouldn't make it past the front room on the tour.

Well, I'm glad you like the house.

 

[chuter]

Here's some examples of metal building homes: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=morton+building+home&atb=v221-1&iax=images&ia=images

 

[dlbleak]

Bought my current house for $58 a foot. We are going to list it at $117ish per foot. The new house is $150 per foot.

 

[Okiedog]

If your on facebook, look up "barndominiums on a budget". Lots of good info.

 

[druryj]

So, Not sure if we have any on OSA or if there are others in the construction industry that can help answer this question. I'm looking for what the average cost per square foot is to build a home in OK. Not necessarily looking for a bare bones production/tract home sq/ft price but something in the higher end spec home range.

Se we are moving to OK in about a year I'm trying to put together some basic spread sheets that will guide us on an basic approximation on building a home and then what kind of budget we have for land. If any of you have a fairly accurate number on price per sq/ft please post up. Thanks for the help.

@okierider is probably your best source of accurate and current info regarding price per sq./ft. The man's a genus as far as all things building is concerned and as purty a fella as you're likely to encounter.