Interior

• Kitchen Remodeling
  Some costs are constant regardless of the size of the home.  Impact fees and some government fees, such as utility hookup fees, are typically unaffected by the home’s size.  A smaller home will still have a kitchen with all of the same appliances, and often the same number of bathrooms as a larger home.  Generally, smaller homes have a higher cost per square foot assuming finish levels are comparable.  This is especially true when building a home less than 2000 square feet with a garage. The cost impacts of kitchens and baths remain, with fewer square feet to divide the cost by.
• Bathroom Remodeling
• Flooring
• Framing
  Many builders measure a home’s size from the outside of the wall framing. Other builders measure to the outside of the siding material. With these variances, an all brick home calculates to be hundreds of square feet larger than the same sized home with the lap siding.
• Garage Remodeling

Construction

• New Construction

Landscaping and Fencing

• Landscaping
• Driveways
  Engineering and surveying, driveways, the installation of power and communication lines, tree clearing, and well and septic installation can each individually cost thousands of dollars, and collectively cost tens of thousands of dollars.  So, if your overall build budgets do not consider the land improvements, the cost to build your entire home project may be grossly underestimated.

Exterior

• Window Installation/Replacement
• Decks
  Is the garage included? Obviously garages are not free and affect the cost per square foot to build, just like porches, decks, and patios.
• Patios
• Siding
  If building in a subdivision, Covenants and Restrictions may impact your build costs. If subdivision Covenants require a full masonry front elevation for example, the home will cost more than if it were built with a vinyl siding product on the front and perhaps a masonry accent.
• Porches

General

• Masonry