Finishing
Finishing includes both interior and exterior finishing. On the outside of your home, finishing includes the cost of roofing, at between $5,700 and $12,000. You'll also have to budget for window installation, priced between $3,000 and $9,600. Once everything else on the outside is done, you'll need to think about painting the exterior, which costs between $1,800 and $4,400, including taking care of the trim.
Interior finishing includes everything from installing a kitchen and bathroom to flooring, window dressings, appliances, and furnishings. The interior is where you can really put your stamp on the place and spend as little or as much as you'd like. You can do some of the work yourself and use budget-friendly materials to reduce costs, or splurge and hire an interior designer and use the highest quality materials your budget allows.
Here are some critical interior finishing projects and their costs:
Countertop installation costs: $2,000–$4,350
Price of flooring installation: $3–$22 per square foot
Light fixture prices: $2,000–$12,000
Cost of appliances: $3,000–$15,000
Price of installing a fireplace: $700–$30,000
Cost of interior house painting: $3.50 per square foot on average
Price of window treatments: $150–$3,000 per window
Cost of furnishing the interior: $1,500–$25,000
Cost Factors
Size, location, and accessibility impact the cost of your build. While you'll likely pay less for the actual build in a rural location well off the beaten path, you'll pay more for difficult-to-access sites with challenging terrain. You may even have to pay for an access road or track wide enough and stable enough to accommodate your contractor's equipment and vehicles.
In more urban areas, there's likely to be a greater demand for services and, therefore, higher base prices. Additionally, you may need to spend more on permits, zoning issues, and figuring out how to work within local restrictions, as some locations have strict guidelines about the construction of A-frame houses.
Cost of Windows for A-Frame Homes
Window installation costs for an A-frame house span from $150 to $800 per window. Prefab kits might have different costs for windows, depending on the layout you select. However, if you hire a contractor to help with window installation, your prices might still fall in this range.
Keep in mind that the sloping sides of an A-frame home usually don’t have windows, but large windows in the front or back of the house can let light into the space. Talk to a general contractor near you to learn more about A-frame window installation.
A-Frame Cabin Cost
A-frame cabins typically cost between $125 and $175 per square foot to build. Since cabins are usually smaller than traditional houses, cabin building costs per square foot might be higher than the cost to build a house. Still, you can expect your costs to be comparable, if not the same, to building an A-frame house.
A-Frame House Kits Cost
A-frame house kits usually run from $60 to $140 per square foot but costs can vary. Some kits might run upwards of $600 per square foot.
An important thing to note is that the starting prices of A-frame kits don’t typically reflect the final price. Getting the foundation ready and preparing the electrical and plumbing lines in the proper locations or connection to the kit home will also be a significant cost. Besides that, adding fixtures, cabinets, windows, and doors will all cost extra as well. Installing plumbing fixtures costs extra, as does shipping and sometimes even insulation.
A-Frame Cabin Kit Prices
A-frame cabin kit prices start at around $10,600 and can quickly reach costs of $100,000 or more, depending on size. Cabin kit starting costs often only include the basics, such as a shell or walls. Below are starting costs for some of the most popular brands.