When considering costs, you really need to sit down and define what you want in a home, from pre-conception to finished product.
Make up a floor plan, each level, start doingt quantity take offs, the more line items in your estimate, the more accurate your estimate will be.
Specifics from the foundation, framing, exterior, finishes, mechanical, electric, plumbing can be arrived at if you put some time into the thought/design process.
A residential home is not all that complicated to estimate, though floor plans and the general layout can get more complex when you design something that has unique features.
Make a quantity take off sheet, line items on the left, quantify each, then plug in prices. This is material only, labor is obviously separate.
You can systematically tally up everything you will need, also make sure to include 15%-20% waste on some materials.
My friend had his foundation built in the spring, his business is seasonal, so he started framing in his off months, mid October to mid to late March, by new years it was entirely framed out, roof on and windows ready to go in, by May, he could live there, it was 2500 sq ft +, design from a book, which he tweaked to his liking. 85% of the work he did himself, yeah he worked his hands to rough split callouses that winter, no easy task, but it was livable in 6 months or so. No doubt as to what one can accomplish if you stay focused on it, this was '99-'00, now 8 years later, long driveway is paved, stone walls, landscaping, out building in the back, place looks awesome, worth some $$ too.
Modulars are also well worth looking into, here is a high end manufacturer, I've met their people and have looked at some of their homes now occupied, pretty good product with a lot of versatility, you just have to finalize everything you want up front, tolerances are excellent, you can't tell these are modulars unless you know what to look for or someone tells you.
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