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022: Residential Construction Costs

April 14, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

022: Residential Construction Costs

In the beginning, when you are starting to plan your budget for building a new house, residential construction costs are not that complicated unless you really want to make them that way. There are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Construction, Contractors, Dallas Architecture, Episodes, Office Tagged With: architects office, Construction Process, contractors, Podcast, residential construction costs

Residential Construction Contracts: Cost Plus Fee

August 9, 2013 by Bob Borson 139 Comments

Residential Construction Contracts: Cost Plus Fee

Today is Part Two of a series of posts that are addressing the different types of contracts homeowners normally consider when working with a general contractor. Yesterday I discussed the Competitive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Contractors Tagged With: Construction Process, Owners, residential construction costs

Residential Construction Contracts: Competitive Bid

August 8, 2013 by Bob Borson 28 Comments

Residential Construction Contracts: Competitive Bid

Let's say you are going to be building a house, doing a remodel, an addition - whatever - and it's time to start thinking about the contractor. There are a few things that have changed over the last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Contractors Tagged With: Construction Process, Owners, Residential Architect, residential construction costs

A big bag of nothing

April 28, 2011 by Bob Borson 13 Comments

A big bag of nothing

There is an expression that I use probably more than I should: He's got a big bag of nothing or just simply He's got a big bag . . The meaning behind this phrase is a person who will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Observations Tagged With: being a part of the design process, Construction Process, great to work with architects, residential construction costs

Residential Construction Costs

April 19, 2010 by Bob Borson 95 Comments

Residential Construction Costs

Residential construction costs are not that complicated unless you really want to make them that way. There are some general broad stroke pieces of information that if you know them, you will not be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractors, Observations Tagged With: residential construction costs

How much did you say that was going to cost?

February 18, 2010 by Bob Borson 14 Comments

How much did you say that was going to cost?

Modern design, including modern architecture, is experiencing a dramatic surge in popularity. More and more of our clients are coming in and asking for modern designs without knowing what it means to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Contractors Tagged With: belief that building, Modern Architecture, modern house, residential construction costs

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