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Building Cost EstimatorsUse these tips and tools to estimate the cost of your building or remodeling project. For a rough guess, begin with a free online building cost calculator or an index of building cost averages. To fine-tune your estimate, consider investing in a professional grade software program or service. (Listed here is just a sampling.) For more tips, see our feature, How Much will it Cost?
Free Building Cost Tool
This 5-minute tool lets you "guestimate" labor and material costs for 34 construction categories. You won't want to use this free Web tool for serious planning, but it can be handy when you are in the early stages of deciding what type of home you can afford to build. RS Means Building Cost Calculator
Use this free, super-fast Web tool to get a ballpark figure for the cost to build more than 50 building types in 930 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. The numbers you get are rough approximations, based on average construction costs in your geographic region. Building Evaluations
Click on a building type for an estimate of typical construction costs in the United States. Or, hire the service to compute a professional cost estimate. CPR Construction Cost Estimating Software
These professional grade computer software programs help builders and architects evaluate the costs of building projects. Resi-Cost Estimating Software
The Resi-Cost program is an interactive Web site that provides highly detailed, geographically-targeted building cost estimates for custom homes. Several subscription levels let you purchase the type of report you need. |
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