Barn sticker shock. WOW!

[WoodChuckDad]

Call other companies. Maybe thats normal for your area??? ~45 yards poured and finished around here would only be half that.

But again lacking all the info.....is he doing site prep? Leveling? Trucking in 4" of stone for a sub-base and grading? Tons of rebar??

I have to dig out the side of a hill. I will make it as flat as possible the. He will come in and level it, bring in stone and put in wire. Form up, pour, finish cut and seal.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

He figured on 48 yds

 

[Larry Caldwell]

So true!
My 36x48 and 40x50 buildings are both very nice.
Would likely cost $120K to replace them both.
What are they worth on my property?...Zero Minus!
They are essentially storage buildings situated on a $2M+ 12 acre water view piece of property, bordering a 1000 acre wildlife sanctuary.
My children will sell the property, and a developer will pay to have the buildings demolished.

Holy Moley! Dirt is sure expensive where you live.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I spoke with my cement guy yesterday. He asked a lot of questions about what i was putting in there and what i planned to use it for and if my use would change over time. He came put with an estimate of 16,800-17500 for a 6 inch foundation, 40x60.

Does that include site prep? It took 5000 cubic yards of rock to level my building site, driveway and parking lot. Fortunately, I live next to a rock quarry and the neighbor have me his tailings cheap, but hauling and compacting took some big iron. Site work without concrete was $23k. Fortunately, I hired an 86 year old highway contractor who brought in freeway scale equipment. By the time he finished rolling it, you couldn't drive a steel stake into the fill with a 2 lb. hammer. The concrete contractor freaked out. He had to use a 6 lb. sledge to set his stakes.

Concrete is only as good as what it's sitting on.

 

[fried1765]

Holy Moley! Dirt is sure expensive where you live.

Yup it sure is!
My mother bought the 12 acres with old house for $875 in 1932.
Depths of the depression...few had jobs or money...she was a single city of Boston school teacher.
My claim to fame is that I lived long enough to inherit it (now in trust for my children).
Area became a highly desirable summer vacation spot, as well a well loved retirement location.
Almost no buildable land available.
A one acre lot in the area, with no water view, can be $250K+.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

since we were talking barns, decided to bump your thread...

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I still need one. I had planned to have one built around this point but I didn’t plan on Interest rates going up this much. I am not certain what I will do as a temporary solution.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

My 40x60 with concrete was $80k…. Amish built
Planned to sell some of the investments that fared so well over the past 5 years, but then the recession hit, and I didn’t want to solidify those losses.

We decided to just cash flow it, and luckily had a blessed year.

After electrical and driveway finishing, we were in the $90ks… it has overhangs, soffit, 9 insulated insulated windows, service door, 16x10 insulated overhead door, opener, insulated walls and ceiling, 18’ porch, 200A service with both 240vac and 120vac, cupolas etc (those are expensive as hell)

 

[oosik]

Two years ago I priced a 40x60 steel building. It was just too much for this kid. It would have been a shelter for my farm equipment/implements - not the Taj Mahal.

So - I have prioritized my storage. Any equipment with moving parts will be under shelter in one of my carport stalls. Those implements with no moving parts - on pallets out in the orchard.

 

[jaydee325]

Neighbor just had some cement flat work done for a driveway. All in was $8/sq ft! He said some flat work he had done last year was $4.

This is in SW Michigan.