Home Construction Cost Estimator

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Home Construction Cost Estimator

Home construction cost estimator template with inputs and reporting.

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I've spent nearly my entire career in some form of pre-construction or sales role using a variety of well known and proprietary software programs. Like many, I would typically default to some form of spreadsheet setup for home estimating and costing records with 50+ tabs and overly complicated formulas. Once I started digging into the database power of Coda I knew I could use create something far more user friendly.

Here's a brief description of each section:

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Input Selections⁠

ー Your master filter with drop downs for Market, Unit Types, Phase Codes

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Proposed Unit Mix⁠

ー Enter a count per unit type

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Key Budget Variables⁠

ー Apply % variables to be added or subtracted from your baseline or control market

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Hard Cost Proforma Using Historical Data⁠

ー Uses pricing from control market *unit mix* variables previously defined

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Project $ - By Phase⁠

ー Summary of costs per phase or trade

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Project $ - By Item⁠

ー Summary of costs by item

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Unit/SF $ - By Market Comp⁠

ー Summary of costs by unit type by market. The columns here do need to be manually added and formulas modified as new markets or units are added

DATA SOURCES

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Master Item Database⁠

ー Source data. This will hold all items by market with quantities and unit pricing per unit type and market.

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Market List⁠

ー Could be Markets, Cities, or Project Names - used in drop down filters and formula reference

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Unit Types⁠

ー Dwelling Units/ Floorplan Names - used in drop down filters and formula reference

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Phase Codes⁠

ー Aka cost codes - used in drop down filters and formula reference

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U.O.M.'s⁠

ー Dwelling Units/ Floorplan Names - used in drop down filters and formula reference

This is a continual work in progress. The goal is that this can help simplify cost modeling and maintenance for production home construction. Feedback is always welcome. Enjoy!

🤙,

Nick

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Instagram (@nnicolaysen)⁠

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