[siriusinvestor]

Does anyone know if it is possible to build a 60K house on a plot of land in port charlotte, fl? Or is more money needed to undertake building a home there. I am in Long Island, Ny so I pose this question to the Florida residents. Thank you.

[nmulax]

Did you forget a zero?

Not trying to be a jerk at all... just curious if it's even possible to find homes, anywhere at $60k.

[rwwong]

Originally Posted by nmulax

Did you forget a zero?

Not trying to be a jerk at all... just curious if it's even possible to find homes, anywhere at $60k.

I was about to say the same thing

[Jay_328]

Originally Posted by nmulax

Did you forget a zero?

Not trying to be a jerk at all... just curious if it's even possible to find homes, anywhere at $60k.

Hey you aren't a Fl resident. But I'm curious about his price range as well.

[dmontic71]

I'm not an expert, but my 2 cents:

Port Charlotte is definitely cheaper than say Miami, Tampa, Palm Beach, etc, but I don't think you could build something that cheap... When you say $60k, I am thinking you are not including a lot... Lots there vary very widely in price based on factors such as: waterfront vs inland, boat access/slip, etc.. Theoretically I guess if you found a lot w/o zoning you could put a $60k dwelling on it, but I severly doubt it. Plus, if the dwelling was a P.O.S., you would only end up getting the price for the land at resale anyway...

Port Charlotte in general was hot when everything was booming, but now I think you would be safer in a more established FL town, since there is still a lot of wide open space down there.

[siriusinvestor]

No I mean I already own the plot of land in PC, Fl, I want to build a house, can I get a house built for 60K? Because if not then i'll just keep the plot of land for future endevours, perhaps if after I graduate college and get a real job, earn some income and then build a good house on it. After all im only 19 y/o, Thanks for the smart ass answer everyone, LOL fucking dumbasses if you read my OP correctly, I said I already own/have the plot of land and looking to build the dwelling.... In retrospect, I assumed it's florida so building a decent house wasn't that complicated. I know PC is somewhat of a middle class area, so I didnt know more than 60K was needed to build a decent dwelling in this neighborhood.

[siriusinvestor]

Originally Posted by dmontic71

I'm not an expert, but my 2 cents:

Port Charlotte is definitely cheaper than say Miami, Tampa, Palm Beach, etc, but I don't think you could build something that cheap... When you say $60k, I am thinking you are not including a lot... Lots there vary very widely in price based on factors such as: waterfront vs inland, boat access/slip, etc.. Theoretically I guess if you found a lot w/o zoning you could put a $60k dwelling on it, but I severly doubt it. Plus, if the dwelling was a P.O.S., you would only end up getting the price for the land at resale anyway...

Port Charlotte in general was hot when everything was booming, but now I think you would be safer in a more established FL town, since there is still a lot of wide open space down there.

Well comparing Palm Beach to Tampa is apples and oranges, I don't live in FL but even I know that. Palm Beach is Palm Beach, Billionaires Row.

[bavarian19]

Originally Posted by siriusinvestor

No I mean I already own the plot of land in PC, Fl, I want to build a house, can I get a house built for 60K? Because if not then i'll just keep the plot of land for future endevours, perhaps if after I graduate college and get a real job, earn some income and then build a good house on it. After all im only 19 y/o, Thanks for the smart ass answer everyone, LOL fucking dumbasses if you read my OP correctly, I said I already own/have the plot of land and looking to build the dwelling.... In retrospect, I assumed it's florida so building a decent house wasn't that complicated. I know PC is somewhat of a middle class area, so I didnt know more than 60K was needed to build a decent dwelling in this neighborhood.

Watch yourself. Dont start namecalling or I will personally send trolls after you...

[siriusinvestor]

Originally Posted by bavarian19

Watch yourself. Dont start namecalling or I will personally send trolls after you...

I know, but when people start going after you for the wrong reasons, maybe the idiots who misread my post should get the trolls sent after them.

[dmontic71]

Originally Posted by siriusinvestor

Does anyone know if it is possible to build a 60K house on a plot of land in port charlotte, fl? Or is more money needed to undertake building a home there. I am in Long Island, Ny so I pose this question to the Florida residents. Thank you.

You did not say you own/have a plot of land.. I even said in my post that I didn't think you meant the land was included in the $60k, but I was just confirming. Sorry to get you so worked up for trying to help...

[ZuerstBMW]

Well, If you want to live downtown Tampa, expect to pay at least 500,000 for a place. Its not as cheap as you think.

[dmontic71]

Originally Posted by ZuerstBMW

Well, If you want to live downtown Tampa, expect to pay at least 500,000 for a place. Its not as cheap as you think.

+1

[Nikki]

How big of a house? According to a home cost estimator I found online (yeah I know I have no life) the cheapest it could basically be in that area is $114,492.00 and that is for a 2000sq ft house not including a garage.

[Nikki]

here is the site http://building-cost.net/CornersType.asp

[spots]

You will not get a contractor to look at your plans for 60k.
We build custom 2000 sq ft in Cape Coral for 300k (lot included not waterfront)
The market has taken a down turn so if you want to live in FL you will be able to buy a foreclosure very soon for less than what you can build for.
Nothing wrong with Port Charlotte. Nice area. I own land there also.
BTW the workmanship in FL is usually shit IF you don't have a custom home built because of the Mexican workers who work for shit wages, forcing the tradespeople out.

[siriusinvestor]

Originally Posted by ZuerstBMW

Well, If you want to live downtown Tampa, expect to pay at least 500,000 for a place. Its not as cheap as you think.

I did not say tampa was cheap, but putting tampa in the same category as palm beach is absurd.

[txusa03]

I am very sure you can built a house for $60K from scratch. But it will be a very small house, mayve 1 br, 1bth,1 small kitchen, and 1 small living room. No, not trying to be a smart*** here. If you built one of those beach house (small house), I am sure it can be done for around $60K. But it might be a 1K square feet house. You did not tell us what sort of house you are building so there are lots of room for interpretation.

[siriusinvestor]

Ok thank you that's all the responses I needed for this inquiry, it seems I would need to take out more money for the construction of my PC home. Or just try to get my dad to front me the rest of it. Thank you Nikki for the homebuilder website, that was a great source of information, I will use that in the future.