"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all. When you pay too little you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do... If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better."

- John Ruskin (1819-1900)

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Projected Non-Building Costs:
Building Square Footage: __________ s.f.
Construction Cost per s.f. $_________
Building Cost: $___________________
 

Cost Range

 

Category/Item

High

Medium

Low

Your
Cost

Professional Fees       $_____
Architect
(% bldg cost)

16%

10%

4%

$_____
Structural Engineer
(% bldg cost)

2.5%

2.0%

1.5%

$_____
Landscape Architect

57,500

28,750

11,500

$_____
Surveyor - Topo & Staking

9,200

5,750

2,875

$_____
Soils Engineer

6,900

4,600

2,300

$_____
Septic Engineering

5,750

3,750

1,725

$_____
Interior Designer

17,250

10,350

3,450

$_____

$/sf, Subtotal

      $_____
         
Government Charges        
Plancheck (per sf of bldg)

1,260

875

710

$_____
Building Permit (per sf of bldg)

1,980

1,650

1,485

$_____
Park Fees

3,263

2,720

2,447

$_____
Septic System Permit

3,480

2,842

2,203

$_____
Driveway Encroachment

1,026

726

426

$_____
Well Permit

762

667

573

$_____
Affordable Housing In-Lieu Fee (per sf of bldg)

-

-

-

$_____
Traffic Mitigation

13,180

9,673

6,166

$_____
School Mitigation

12,492

8,838

5,184

$_____

$/sf, Subtotal

      $_____
         
Utility Fees        
Water Meter or Well Inspection

300

210

120

$_____
Water Connect Fee

12,000

8,400

4,800

$_____
Sewer Connect Fee

10,870

6,635

2,400

$_____
Telephone Connect Fee

480

300

120

$_____
PG&E Design Fee

2,400

1,800

1,200

$_____
Elect Service Line (includes trenching; per lf)

22

17

12

$_____
Gas Line (includes trenching; per lf)

17

13

10

$_____
Telephone Line (includes trenching; per lf)

10

7

5

$_____

$/sf, Subtotal

      $_____
         
Sitework        
Septic System

34,500

18,400

11,500

$_____
Well drilling

17,250

11,500

5,750

$_____
Water Pump, Tank, & Line

13,800

9,200

4,600

$_____
Water Treatment System

11,500

7,475

3,450

$_____
Driveway (per sf of drive)

3.68

2.82

1.96

$_____
Site Grading (per sf of bldg)

23

9

5

$_____
Swimming Pool (per sf)

150

127

104

$_____
Site walls (3' tall average, per lf)

385

230

75

$_____
Site patios and walks(/sf)

40

21

9

$_____

$/sf, Subtotal

      $_____
         

$/sf, Total Cost

     

$_____



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