Can you share how much you spent on the foundation, frame, and finishing, and where you managed to s…

On a tight budget, it's just a shack, everything else costs a fortune these days. Be prepared for that.

Inna I'd like to understand what the costs would be, if we go with the lowest prices. I understand expensive homes myself, I have a general idea

Find out the price of cement and ask Alisa to estimate the foundation based on your measurements. She will tell you the price.

for every taste at home. ours is 600 sq ft, 2 stories, you can make one livable, the 2nd a loft. well water up to 30 ft. we did the water hookup to the house ourselves with a caisson. basically for free. 200k for a septic system and sewer connection, basically turnkey. the house comes with a foundation. if it's turnkey, they'll also install windows and doors. the price is indicated there.

My husband dug and built the foundation for a 7x7 garage himself. It cost around 200 (currency) with cement. Teams offered to do it for 600+. If you have the skills, you can definitely save money, but don't skimp on material quality – after all, it's a house, not a bathhouse.

They are advising you correctly, start with the basics of calculation and you will understand the sums. It's expensive, yes.

My brother has been building his house himself since 2018. He spent more money than us, but his house is also over 200 sq m. He's still working on it, doing major renovations. Only the interior finishing is left. Our developer built ours this year, it cost 7 million (rubles) for everything. It's a 75 sq m house with a 95 sq m terrace. It's in pre-finished condition.

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3 years ago, we built a 168 sq m house: foundation and frame cost 3 million.
SIP panels were installed in 1.5-2 months.
After that, my husband did everything inside as funds allowed)).
In the first winter, he completely finished the electricity for 2 floors, plastered the walls and hung wallpaper, painted them on the first floor, then installed heating, etc., etc.
In the second year, we moved in and are slowly continuing to improve and renovate.

If you want to build a proper house with a foundation, made of aerated concrete or brick, with soft roofing instead of noisy metal, and an autonomous septic system instead of smelly cesspools, it's damn expensive. We've already spent 16 million, and we have a 170m2 house made of foam blocks, ready for plaster, with a 50m2 basement. We still need to buy furniture and do the exterior finishing.
When you don't have the financial means to build, it's better to buy a ready-made house or a frame house.

Zhanna The cheapest option is to just get a crib, while the most expensive starts with the necessary connections and interior finishing.

My husband is building it himself. We have a frame house on stilts (due to the specifics of our plot).
The walls, windows, and roof are up. It's two stories, with a total area of 80-90 square meters. So far, it's cost up to a million [currency].
I don't remember the exact prices because I'm not the one paying.
The deep well cost about 200,000 [currency], and the septic system was cheaper. My husband installed it himself. The windows were 100,000 [currency] (6 windows and a balcony door). The front door was around 30,000 [currency]. That's all we have so far. My husband is also doing the electrical work himself because he's good at it. Overall, the cost of materials is high, but nothing compares to the cost of labor!

If you don't have a lot of money, it's better to build a small one. I know many people who live in unfinished houses for years or regret building such a huge one. I only know a couple of people who think the opposite.

My brother just poured the foundation. It's a single-story house with a shallow foundation, concrete, and rebar. The work and formwork cost 470,000 rubles.

Kristina Yesterday, I dug a well 9 rings deep, with one on top. 91k