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Re:Wikihouse: Open-Source Houses by flavius29663 on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @08:05PM (#38934786)
In a stick built house you're paying a lot of labor. Material prices are not that much.

For example, the material list for a 3 bedroom house is 130k. https://www.menards.com/main/building-materials/books-buildi...

Say the land is 130k in your region. You won't find 3b houses for less than 360k. If you're looking at not so cheap builders, it will be 500k.

I think there's a revolution coming in the way we build houses, it must be - because costs are through the roof. It could be either in the form of prefabricated walls, like we have now trusses, or lego bricks like the OP, or something.

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Re:Wikihouse: Open-Source Houses by turtlebits on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @09:41PM (#38935475)
For stick frame houses, around 10-15% of the cost is framing. Finishes account for the bulk of the cost.
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Re:Wikihouse: Open-Source Houses by flavius29663 on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @02:22PM (#38942057)
well yeah, because everything is so bespoke: plumbing, electrical, windows, doors, drywall, trimming. I hope to see some kind of evolution of housing where these things are not installed by skilled labor somehow.
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