Post #9882

My kid sister is considering moving up here to the "compound". She and bro in law talking about ICF house like this one but smaller,.. 1200ft^2 each floor and bulding it half into a hillside. From uphill it would look like a house on a crawlspace, but on the downhillside would have a walk in basement. She wants a concrete floor so it is quieter. So I just did some quick math for her..... We can do all the labor except pouring the two concrete slabs.... $ 3,800 concrete for foundation 30x40'. $15,700 various ICF blocks (corners, 45's , straight runs, etc) $12,200 concrete in ICF blocks $ 5,400 LiteDeck ICF floor deck $ 4,800 concrete for first floor decking -------- $41,900 This gets her slab foundation, exterior walls 20' high (it is two story), first floor, retaining wall. Did not include cost of rebar nor the roof. Once she adds a roof, she'd be dried in with 2400ft of heated and cooled space. Expected heating bill would be about $280 a year (based on my house being $350 a year.