Dear fellow members,
I am new to this forum and I am so happy to have found this forum as I tried to search for info on the net but was unsuccessful. I am hoping you guys could help answer this question.
I will be a first time home owner hopefully in about 6 months. Currently I am looking into many different modular homes and manufacturers and have decided that I definitely want to go modular. I will be moving to a suburb of Philadelphia and will be constructing my home there.
I have found a plan that I will have built for me. Its roughly a 2100sf with the first floor being 1600sf. I would much rather put this house on a basement rather than a crawl space for the obvious benefits of the basements such as extra space, value of the home, future expansion, etc. My questions are the following:
1. Approximately what costs am I looking at for a crawl space being built (1600sf)?
2. Approximately what costs am I looking at if I opt for an unfinished basement and whether it should be block or poured concrete and which is cheaper (1600sf)?
3. Would a daylight basement be more expensive than a non daylight basements and if so what would be the added costs? Would it be just the added costs of windows and a door or is this type of basement more involved as far as construction is concerned?
I would really appreciate if someone could answer these questions for me before I go and try to hire a contractor. I thank you in advance and wish everyone a safe and joyous holiday season.
I am new to this forum and I am so happy to have found this forum as I tried to search for info on the net but was unsuccessful. I am hoping you guys could help answer this question.
I will be a first time home owner hopefully in about 6 months. Currently I am looking into many different modular homes and manufacturers and have decided that I definitely want to go modular. I will be moving to a suburb of Philadelphia and will be constructing my home there.
I have found a plan that I will have built for me. Its roughly a 2100sf with the first floor being 1600sf. I would much rather put this house on a basement rather than a crawl space for the obvious benefits of the basements such as extra space, value of the home, future expansion, etc. My questions are the following:
1. Approximately what costs am I looking at for a crawl space being built (1600sf)?
2. Approximately what costs am I looking at if I opt for an unfinished basement and whether it should be block or poured concrete and which is cheaper (1600sf)?
3. Would a daylight basement be more expensive than a non daylight basements and if so what would be the added costs? Would it be just the added costs of windows and a door or is this type of basement more involved as far as construction is concerned?
I would really appreciate if someone could answer these questions for me before I go and try to hire a contractor. I thank you in advance and wish everyone a safe and joyous holiday season.