Average cost per square foot for a 2500 square feet?

This web page has a free construction cost per square foot selector for any state in the continental US at www.home-cost.com/construction-cost-per-sf.html

Just enter the zip code or pick the state and the site tells you the average new construction cost per square foot and the average new home size.

The challenge with using cost per square foot as a way to budget a home is that cost per square foot excludes the following factors:

* Excludes site development costs such as drives, utilities, clearing, decks, patiOS, landscape, etc.

* Excludes excavation

* Excludes basement costs

* Excludes quality differences in the home's materials, finishes, and appliances

* Excludes total constructed square feet (size of garage, bonus space, basement, crawlspace, porches)

* Cost per square foot is based on finished (livable) square feet only

The website www.home-cost.com allows you a simple, fast and accurate way to budget your home's design, built in your specific location with your material selections. It uses a patented online estimating application called Resi-Cost and will be much more accurate than an average cost per square foot number.

Hope this helps!

Bob Formisano, RA

President, www.home-cost.com