We recently received a bid from our contractor for our to be built ICF home--he is subcontracting our most of the house. The bid came out to be $80,000 over budget ($435,000 house only). The house is 2300 sq feet--a basic square ranch--9 foot walk out basement with a 10 foot 1st floor-no bump outs with a 3 car garage stick framed. We were surprised by the bid and we asked what the cost savings would be on a regular concrete foundation with wood framing and he said the cost savings would only be $20,000. Does this sound correct? He also is saying that electrical is more expensive in a ICF build. We did get soil testing and there are some plastic soils--he keeps coming back to the overfill with rock and the ICF as the big cost for the project. Any advice is appreciated. |