Unfortunately, high land cost drives the high density. Otherwise your cost/square foot gets out of line.
I guess this is what some of you young guys
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You again. Lemme suggest you not become a contractor because you don't strike me as having entrepreneurial skills. It takes longer and costs more to build McMansions than much smaller homes. There's a larger market for non-McMansions which is why the vast majority of new houses in America are non-McMansions.
I'm not a builder, but it makes sense to me that one would want to build 4 affordable homes on 1 acre lot instead of one mcMansion for 1. more total money and 2. more work for his crew . But I'm not a builder and don't have the capital to afford to contract this out
The days of larger, nicer homes are coming to an end. Doubt we see 3% rates again in our lifetime. 5% is where things start to take off, and it's going to be awhile before we see that again too. We're back to the old higher rates that we once thought were great and housing was more modest.
LOL you don't know what a McMansion looks like.
1405 W 23rd St, Houston, TX 77008 - HAR.com
Sold: 1405 W 23rd St, Houston, TX 77008 ∙ $552,001 - $627,000 ∙ 0.03 Acres Lot ∙ 2,225 Sqft, 3 beds, 3 full and 1 half baths, Single-Family ∙ View more.
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How about building 20 of these on an acre for $600,000k each?
So you keep your crew busy on making $400,000 for your 4 affordable houses. I'll keep my crews busy and make $8 million.
No enough longer or enough delta in material costs to made a difference.
And the sales price is 3-4x...
Wow that's packing em in tight.LOL you don't know what a McMansion looks like.
1405 W 23rd St, Houston, TX 77008 - HAR.com
Sold: 1405 W 23rd St, Houston, TX 77008 ∙ $552,001 - $627,000 ∙ 0.03 Acres Lot ∙ 2,225 Sqft, 3 beds, 3 full and 1 half baths, Single-Family ∙ View more.
How about building 20 of these on an acre for $600,000k each?
So you keep your crew busy on making $400,000 for your 4 affordable houses. I'll keep my crews busy and make $8 million.
That isn't what I view as a mcmansion, but it's interesting to see how the term is used elsewhere.
I view them as large new builds on 1/4 acre lots with some common features like stone on the front and vinyl siding everywhere else, 3 car garage with cheap looking doors, large front entryway, etc.
Once more, keeping costs at an equal percent of sale, if a house can be built and sold for $300k, why would a builder use that land to build and sell a house for $185k?