That's high. I just priced a 40x80x16. Wainscoting. 2' overhangs. 8 windows. 2 man doors. 36k material. I'm sure i can find a crew to construct for 20k
This area everyone is high. Same stories for everyone I talked to, 20-30k cheaper. I’ve talked to crews further away that won’t travel this far- but all local crews (both big name and little) are all right at the same price point. We have no big deer and high prices- it’s garbage up here!
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Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
I was going to ask, that doesn’t seem too bad overall !
Very North Central, I can throw a rock to MN.
Daver
PMA Member
I agree, I also had an automatic garage door opener installed and some interior sheets of plywood to use for something to connect to, for that price. Now then, it is otherwise a pretty spartan building, no insulation, etc. Separately, I also will have greatly upgraded security in and around this building. I won't keep "valuables" or anything in it, but tractors, etc, will be out of the weather, etc.
sep0667
Land of the Whitetail
This sounds like a great price, especially with concrete floor and electric. How much more would it cost you think to have a small living quarters built inside it?
Have any pictures of your building?
JNRBRONC
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Guess it isn't plumbed? I'd want to have a septic tank buried so a bathroom/shower/sink could be installed. That's gotta add $10K to $20K, right? I see Gingerich signs locally announcing they have gotten into septic install. Think it's the same group we had put the well in. Add $20K for that as well?
Copenhagen Tob
PMA Member
As a concrete contractor on my own for 23 + yrs I can assure you material cost is always on a rising trajectory. Labor costs can definitely vary but the saying. "You get what you pay for" holds very true, no matter geographic location.
Daver
PMA Member
The new building at the farm is not plumbed, but...if I so chose to do so I have a pretty new septic not too far away that I could potentially route a line over to. I don't have any plan to plumb this building though. I too see local IC aera signs with "Gingerich" on them, but I am fairly certain they are not associated with the well known, long time Gingerich Well and Pump. (Unless something significant has changed and changed pretty recently, that is. I do know the owner there, Corwin, and if you want I could contact him to see if they are branching out.) I have Gingerich Well and Pump do various projects for me over the years, always with top shelf quality and service. I recently had them put in the new well at the new house/shop near IC,
I suspect that the signs that you are seeing related to septic action may be Gingerich Enterprises...they are not related, at least on a business level, to Gingerich Well and Pump, although both are Kalona area companies. I also know the owner of Gingerich Enterprises, Marty Helmuth, and have had them replace a septic at our house recently and they are scheduled to put in the septic at our new house and shop, currently under construction, near IC. Further complicating the "Gingerich" confusion is that there is another guy, Eugene Gingerich, that is associated with Gingerich Enterprises, but not directly working for them, that often gets involved when they need heavy dirt moving, etc. He runs his own company, but often assists Gingerich Enterprises. Confused yet?
I have had Eugene prepare a pad for my new IC shop and excavate the footings for the new house and a little bit of pond work too. All of these Gingerichs are super good guys and I could heartily recommend them for whichever specialty work you may need. Note - there is also a Gingerich Tiling and Excavation from Kalona area. I know them too and had them do a small excavation job for me a few years ago. These dudes are cool too.
Thus concludes our Kalona area Gingerich contractor review.
5 stars for all of them!
Daver
PMA Member
I think I only have the one below...I need to take some more. One could add a modest living cost inside such a structure for a fairly small amount I would think, especially if you do a lot of the work yourself.
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Over Head Doors included or on top of that?
Add OH doors.
Windlooker
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There’s a lot of vague numbers here. The devil is in the details. Metal sheeting thickness, truss spacing, vapor barrier or no, cement floor or no and thickness, rough in electric, rough in plumb, overhead doors, size of doors, insulated or not, how far to bring electric from road, above ground or under, which way to take septic with downhill grade, how far, windows, how many, porch, porch roof, etc etc etc. Like somebody said you get what you pay for.
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seven twenty
PMA Member
What area are you in Dave? I was quoted over 35k just for the slab and materials on a 30x36. The slab and footings were the big money. Then you had to add labor.
JNRBRONC
Well-Known Member
Thanks for the Gingerich expose Daver.
I had Gingerich Well out to the farm last week to replace a leaking pressure switch on the water tank down the basement of the farmhouse. They put the well in back in 1991 and have come out to fix broken water lines, trench to add livestock waterers, etc. Very happy with their service. I think the well back in 1991 was around $15k and hit water at 208' from memory. Bet it costs a tad bit more these days.
I had Gingerich Well out to the farm last week to replace a leaking pressure switch on the water tank down the basement of the farmhouse. They put the well in back in 1991 and have come out to fix broken water lines, trench to add livestock waterers, etc. Very happy with their service. I think the well back in 1991 was around $15k and hit water at 208' from memory. Bet it costs a tad bit more these days.
Daver
PMA Member
My farm is near Selma, in Davis County.
sep0667
Land of the Whitetail
I'd love to get something like that with living quarters. 30-40k seems a lot less than I expected
Daver
PMA Member
Keep in mind that I have a minimum of electrical in this storage only shed, no insulation either. I also elected to not have any overhangs, etc, which I would have if it was destined to be occupied. No HVAC or plumbing in this building either. So, for something that you intend to sleep in, etc, it will be more. But otherwise, yeah, you get a pole building for a reasonable $$ amount.
If I intended to also have this as a cabin, I would still build a pole building and then devote say the back half of it to living space, which you could build out yourself to save $$.
Edit to add...I also have no windows in this and just one OH door, although good sized, and one man door.
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