Hey Guys-

I'll try to keep this as organized and clear as possible....here goes.

First of all here is the plan I will be building. http://www.dantyree.com/plans/martinique/


I will be modifying the plan to reduce the length of the glass walls, they will be broken down to allow columns between every other one.

1600 sq. ft. a 40x40 box I am having the plan modified to have a low pitch shed roof, and straight corners instead of the rounded ones shown. Much of the labor and finish work will be done by me. I will be contracting out the concrete work though.

#1 - I will be building this home on an insulated slab with radiant heat. does anyone know the approximate price of a poured 40x40 slab in southwest Virginia, I will have all excavation done all the contractor needs to do is pour the slab.

#2 - This is obviously a very modern home and floor plan, in keeping with that theme I will be polishing the concrete floors through out the house as opposed to other flooring options.

#3 - I love ICF's for the efficiency but the cost is kind of scary, $13-15 a sq ft of wall space is what I'm getting from most people. So 160 perimeter ft of wall x 9 ft height = 1440 sq ft of wall area, 1440 x 14.50 sq ft = 20,880 for the walls alone. Does this seem accurate?

#4 - I have been seriously considering using a dry stack appearance faux stone finish on the outside of the home, any ideas how much 1440 sq ft of faux stone and required flashing would be assuming I installed it myself?

#5 - Because I'm a little strange I love the appearance of bare concrete, both polished and sandblasted. That combined with the style of home led me to look into poured concrete sandwich walls. This seems like it would be the obvious cheapest route. I could sandblast or stamp and stain the exterior walls instead of paying more to attach some kind of cladding. I could also leave the interior walls bare as opposed to drywall or some other finish. Can anyone offer a system that accomplishes this? Also a rough cost comparison to ICF, as well as a performance comparison.

#6 - I have been researching poured concrete roof's also, I figure why build a superior home and put the same old wood roof on it. I havent found anyone locally to quote a concrete roof so I was wondering if some of you guys might have some ideas on the cost. I have been looking at LiteDeck, and the Amdeck system, the one that seemed it may be the cheapest and easiest is Block joist system. My roof will be nearly flat, 1:12 pitch and again a 42x42 square. Any ideas what it would cost versuses a traditional shed roof with metal roofing? Assuming I built the wood roof myself.

Thanks, Sorry it was so long and rambling hopefully some of you experts can get me going in the right direction.

-Josh