Construction Costs of a New House Build According to the NAHB's 2019 survey, the average construction cost of a typical single-family home was $296,652. This breaks down to about $114 per square ...

The foundation is the structure that bears the load of the house and is another component of the early construction phase. It accounted for $44,748 or 10.5% of the construction cost of a new home ...

He notes that while pier-and-beam foundations can cost 30 to 35 percent more than slab foundations and require the expense of a French drainage system in the crawl space to mitigate water, they ...