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Re: garage construction costs

To: McVintage@aol.com
Subject: Re: garage construction costs
From: Jon & Deb Rush <jdrush@enter.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 23:26:14 -0400
You selling anything off?

Jon Rush

McVintage@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Thanks Phil
> and everyone else who replyed
> 
> I'll elaborate on my situation a little.
> I'm moving from PA to NC - leaving behind 2300 ft of garage and workshop
> space - home and "Jack's Garage Mahal" have sold and must be empty
> by end of July. Have purchased home in NC under construction with end of
> July expected completion. Negotiating with builder of house to build garage
> I described - using any other builder delays completion of garage and
> increases
> storage costs for all the "stuff" currently filling my space in PA. I expect
> to
> get certain savings this way too i.e. garage site will be graded at same time
> as rest
> of yard, plumbing rough ins done for $1425 at same time sewage tank and field
> are
> installed, garage driveway poured same time as house, etc (BTW length of
> driveway I gave is from what would otherwise be end of house driveway to doors
> of garage)
> Price I'm getting from the builder at this point is under $30 per sq ft
> (including
> the plumbing) - I thought this was reasonable - under the circumstances - i.e.
> delay involved in waiting till after closing to get another builder would
> cost money
> in longer storage time alone - not to mention longer delay in my various
> restoration projects.
> But that's just my opinion, whats yours ?
> Thanks
> Jack Mc

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