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Originally Posted by lorenavedon
up to %20 in material cost.
It's often reported that building a concrete home can increase costs over wood construction from 5% to 15%. But some builders report that they are able to build more affordably than with wood. Here is how some are doing it.
http://www.concreteconstruction.net/...rete-home.aspx
%80 of the cost of a new home in Calgary is land and labor NOT materials. So if you're just increasing your material cost by %15 it's really not that much for a superior product. We're talking what, $800k vs $830k? big deal. I'll pay the extra concrete. It's not %20 of total price, that would be ridiculous. Just more propaganda by developers to sell you a cheaper product at almost no cost savings to you. They win, you lose. |
The change from cement to wood also allows you to move away from other products too. For example you are starting to see a lot more condos built with fiber cement panels instead of stucco or EIFS. The installation on that is so much faster and the warranty it provides is a life saver.
Allow that to go up to 6 stories and you soon won't see any buildings using stucco anymore.