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[bbe]

Wyatt2 where in nc are you located? I'm located around Forest City, nc

 

[bradleyelectric]

1250ft 14/2 @ .16ft = 200
750ft 12/2 @ .24 /ft = 180
500ft 14/3 @ .30/ft = 150

Thanks, I'll use this as a comparison guide on my next house bid and see how it works out.

Steve

 

[gngren]

I wish in South Carolina we didnt have to price by the foot, but its the only way unless its a hugh custom(4000sq) I am the top paid contractor at $2.00/ft under roof..most are around 2100-3800sq/ft, I know 7 other contractors doing it for $1.85. In my town they build hundreds of houses a week so compitition is at a all time high.

I just can't get past the

but its the only way unless its a hugh custom(4000sq) I am the top paid contractor at $2.00/ft under roof..most are around 2100-3800sq/ft .

It is hard for me to remember when the builders around here built homes less than 4000sq/ft. It seems like 4500-6000sq/ft is the norm any more. And the standards that go into them are just outrageous. If I bid my jobs by the sq/ft I wouldn't be employed. I just really can't get past that "huge custom(4000sq)" remark.

I just find it so wild to here about the housing styles and types that are being built elsewhere and compare it to around here. Although the market in this region is so over priced at the moment I don't know how most people can afford to buy a new home ($600,000.00 seems to be a low average.)

 

[JROD]

The going rate around me is $2 sq. ft. for code minimum under roof.

Recessed cans, phone, cable etc is extra and negotiable.

I don?t like the idea of doing code minimum. In the last month I have come across two new homes (under 2 years old) that with the exception of the kitchen counter and bathroom circuits, all of the rest were 15 AMP branches that had the max number of receptacles and the HO was complaining of breakers tripping. One guy?s house was on a concrete slab and the attic was finished.

 

[bradleyelectric]

How many receptacles are the max for residential?

 

[wyatt2]

Around here we only count living sq foot. so at $2 under roof our prices are close to the same. I know that priceing this way is not the best but everyone dose it that way here. so to do it any other way would be hard for the GC to compare you to other EC's

 

[JROD]

How many receptacles are the max for residential?

Poor grammar.

He had two 15 AMP general purpose branches that the breaker would consistently trip whenever they ran their vacuum cleaner.