GeauxTime9

You cannot deny what McMahon‘s record was at Murray State. He is a very good basketball coach. The problem isn’t him. It has always been LSU.

Please explain this to me like I’m a child. How is it LSU and not him?

Decided to handle the deck after closing.

Received 3 different quotes that were all around $15-18K. These quotes also let us customize way more than the builder was offering.

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I'm only asking for foundation details that would be needed. Quality handrails and steps are time consuming and pretty expensive if they're done correctly with workmanship.

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Deck will be supported by 6x6/4x6 posts. Handrails are wire rope with a trex top cap. There will be privacy slats installed below with a gate to access under deck.

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everyone here says yes, how does that help you get your deck built?

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I could be off base on the cost to build a deck and I accept the price? Or someone with better info than me says it’s high as hell and I decide to handle it with another contractor.

We’re in the process of building a new home with what I’ll call a “high-end track builder”. They aren’t a DR Horton or a DSLD but utilize a track system regarding selections.

So far they have been decent to work with, with the exception of a few minor changes that they wouldnt work with us on. Build quality to date seems to be good.

As you can imagine, with any change request they hammer you with an egregious change order that’s marked up to hell and back. I’ve been fine with these as it’s minor upgrades that don’t amount to a ton and allows us to wrap it into the mortgage.

To my question. The home sits on a slope and will require egress off the back porch (built into home). They claim their only plan was to provide railing and a set of steps off the porch. Which I feel is bullshite for the type of home we’re building, but that’s on me for not negotiating prior to going under contract.

We requested pricing to have a roughly 120 sqft deck built off the porch. They came back with a price of $25k. It is trex composite material with rope wire style railing, privacy slats below and gate access to under the deck.

I feel this pricing is extremely steep, entire home was built for $250/sqft. Steps and one railing was already planned to be included due to them having to provide some sort of egress.

TL;DR

Received price of $25k to have a 120sqft deck installed. Is this high?

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When you are looking to pay an offensive lineman more for next season than your MBB coach

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lol I honestly didn’t even think about that.

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We are moving out of state next year. Wondering if we should sell off our home in the 225 area or lease it out. We owe about 175K on it. Zillow says recent sales in the neighborhood have been in the 350K range.

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Going through this exact situation currently. We moved with the intention to keep our rental property. After a year I’ve decided to sell it. Too much headache and didn’t want to go the property manager route.

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Up 10% today. Good run. It'll push 10.

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If this thing pushes 10, we’re dumping, right?

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Who cares if the rates are 3 percent or 8. The best time to buy a house is 20 years ago.

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Unfortunately I don’t have a Time Machine. Was looking for a little insight on how they were projecting for the near future.

Just seeing this thread. What did y’all pay per sq ft? Building a new house and trying to check the builders price.