To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (112819 ) 3/26/2008 1:01:53 AM From: neolib Respond to I live in eastern Oregon, near Walla Walla Washington. However, as I pointed out, my cost is mostly materials. I defer to real builders on true costs, but roughly, I use 1/3 of the cost as materials, and 2/3 as labor, if I were to hire out any part. That obviously varies by what type of work you are getting. So my $75 should be more like $225. However, I designed it myself as well, so no architect fees. My total building permits were less than $1K. The cost to bring electricity in (3-phase BTW) was only $1200 and that included the utility company placing 2 poles, and sticking two transformers on one of them (required for 3-phase). In Oregon, the owner can do all the work, electrical and plumbing, you don't need a contractor. So I've done all of that. I did pay for a somewhat exotic septic system called a sand filter system, and didn't do that work. It cost me $10K. That was required since I'm in a high water table river valley. I could have done it myself but didn't feel like educating myself on the design aspects. I am an engineer, so that helps when I talk to the building codes agency.
