yes, but can not see from here. Plans would help.

If it helps, I am building a 5,700 ft2 (5,100 conditioned) house in central Texas on cost-plus. Framing bid was:

Framing Materials - $70,000 (LVL load bearing sticks)

Trusses - $10,000

Weatherization - $12,000

Simpson fasteners (house designed for 112 mph winds) - $12,000

Labor - $54,000

Total = $158,000 +14% builder fee = $180,000

This does not include exterior cladding, which will be mix of stone and stucco.

Northern California here, framing numbers in our contract (~2 years ago) for a house of similar size with Hardie panel/trim, 2x6 framing, a few pre-fab moment frames, porch -- were lower than yours. Not outrageously lower, but similar to pliesj, definitely enough to notice. Is your house structure complicated? My understanding is that West Coast prices have been going up over the past few years.

Holy cow, I'm just really glad I'm building in southwest Missouri! Our framing was just finished, and we spent $9,500 on framing labor and $27,000 on materials to build a 3,700 sq foot (3,000 conditioned) house. We are doing our own GC, so no builder upcharge. This included Simpson fasteners, LVL load bearing joists, conventional roof framing, and even a giant 24" custom wood beam across our three car garage (to support the second floor). We will be doing all brick exterior so that includes plywood cladding and housewrap for brick prep.

Just goes to show that comparisons are about impossible!

I'm in Oregon and we just finished ours and for 1900sf conditioned space, 400 sf in garage and another 350 sf in porches we paid $9800 for labor and a little over $14000 for all materials. Trusses were $5750. This is our own build- so no builder involved.

But I might also add, it's a very simple (basically a square) home with an uncomplicated roofline.

Thanks for all the replies so far. I know regional differences make it nearly impossible to compare, but I thought I'd try to see if I was even in the ballpark or not. Not sure if they'll help, but here's a few pages from the plans:

@chellefnp: We are located in Saint Louis and looking to build shortly. That's an amazing price to frame a house that size. What's the name of the contractor you are using?

So after talking with some people in the area, it seems like framing runs around $25/sq ft for M&L here in SoCal ($14-15 for lumber and $10 for labor). At 4600 sq ft, that puts us at $115,000.

Hardie plank siding looks like it runs less than $1/sq ft for materials, plus labor. Assuming the framing sub is also doing the siding and charges the same $10/sq ft for labor, that's $11/sq ft x ~3000 sq ft of siding that I calculated = $33,000. Let's call it $35k for nails, etc.

Total so far is $115k + $35k = $150k. I'm still missing $65k. The only part left is trim, and I hope there isn't $65k worth of trim on my house.

Are my rough calculations way off? I assume OSB sheathing is included in that original cost?Or are there other elements to a rough framing + siding + trim cost that I'm missing? Wooden columns for front porch? Is roof lumber more expensive?

What type of roof framing? What type of roofing material? House wrap, fasteners for the siding? Siding from what I remember is not the same price per sq ft for installation as framing and I am not sure I would want my farmers doing finish work (which siding essentially is). Hardi siding while not rocket science is installed incorrectly more often than not which leads to bigger problems. And realistically a "square foot" price for a house means nothing as there is no real way to compare to houses and the amount of labor required to frame two different houses. The only real way to price this job is to have a set of plans with a detailed to the nines scope of work and have three contractors bid it, only then will you have an idea of the true cost.

@amexblackg5 -- it was just a guy that frames, he isn't part of a larger company. He was actually our second choice, our first choice couldn't wait on us any longer and had to start a large project :( We got two other bids for labor--our first choice was right at $11,000, the other one was a larger framing crew who wanted $15,000. In the long run, I think our first choice might have been a little less flaky to deal with but we got the job done in 3 weeks so we are happy!

$596,938.62. Price may vary in your area.

This is a five year old thread. You may want to start your own thread, but you would get the best answers if you inquire locally to where you plan to build.