By Larry Garnett

Basement Remodeling Costs

From: Sam
Hello:

Are there rough numbers that you know about and can share, that one can use for guesstimating full basement construction costs?

This would preferably be broken into Material & Labor components. Basement Sq Ft will be roughly 2500 constructed on a flat plot.

Thanks

Sam


Hi Sam,

You can use the # 5 Resource, Building Costs by City & State
on my Getting Started page to calculate basement construction costs.

The shape of the outside perimeter is an important consideration in estimating the total basement construction cost. Generally, the more complex the shape, the more expensive the structure per square foot of floor area. The shape classification of multiple story or split-level homes is based on the outline formed by the outer most exterior walls, including the garage area, regardless of the varying level.

Most structures have 4, 6, 8 or 10 corners, as illustrated in the example. Small insets not requiring a change in the roof shape can be ignored when determining the shape.
From: Building-Cost.net



Images courtesy of: Building-Cost.net

Pick the shape that best suits your project and then go all he way through the estimating process for a complete house of the square footage of just that of the basement. It only takes a few minutes.

Part of the input process that will be required of you, is the zip code and city of the building project, as the locale does affect building cost.


When you are done, you will see all the building categories broken down into labor cost and material cost. Then you can pick and choose the particular categories that you are interested in, or just the basement costs.

I have found this calculator to be fairly accurate.

Let me know if you have any more questions,

Carl