Wow, that doesn't even make sense Lou!! I'm a Sub Contractor bidding on a project. Drawings were done by a local Architectural Firm here. I'm merely bidding on the plans I'm submitted....

I've built new construction homes here, including my duplexes that I recently sold. A City Permit here for a typical new construction residential is about $200

 

It's insane here. My buddy that I'm doing the dozer for is a contractor too but only up to the foundation. The stories he has! I wood rather buy a manufactured home. Cost is so high!

 

When I built my Duplexes tho, the City required me to submit FULLY ENGINEERED blueprints. Not for the Goddamn buildings themselves, but for the water and sewer line layout only.

This was 8 yrs ago, and the Engineered blueprints for sewer and water line only cost me $18,000

 

Sewer and water is about 15k for a single family dwelling.

 

Just the paper drawings of the layout cost me $18k

Pissed me off. Hell, that's a new Pearl...

 

I was going to build a plant nursery/coffee shop on my commercial property. We had about 14k in approved plans before we gave up. This was about a year before the housing bubble burst. Glad I didn't go through with it. Estimated 240k for a 20'×40' two story building. Wood have sunk me.

 

Each time the county wanted a change to the plans it cost me 1200 for a new set of drawings. They did that to me 7 times.

 

Thats insane!!

 

Funny, they promote growth, but pretty damn hard to do when they pull crap like that.

 

Wow Lou....