Time to Build a House
About
Typical construction schedule - [1]. Claims 8 month average in the midwest.
Ratios
- 2.5 hr/sf. at 600 sf scale [2]
More
- 12 month owner builder, 8 month custom, 6 months spec [3]
- 6 Month Spec - [4].
- Habitat NOVA - 12-16 months during COVID (conference communications)
Hours
- 1536 hours for a 600 sf house [5]. This would be 2600 hours for 1000 sf.
- 1000 hours for 2000 sf - https://www.quora.com/How-many-man-days-does-it-take-to-build-a-typical-residential-house] assuming 6 day weeks of 8 hrs and one month of time with 5 person crew. Really?
- 2 people 3 months 1500 sf [6] = 1200 hours
- 3 guys 1 week 1200 sf [7]
- 4 months 6 men efficient build, 3br. Say it's 2000 sf - 4 mos * 960 (40*6 men *4 weeks) = 4000 hours. 2 man years per house. [8]
- Framing - 225 hours per 1000 sf [9]
- 1100 sf mostly alone - 4 mos = 800 hours [10]
- Summary - 2 man years per house - 6 men 4 mos. Size is assumed average of 2333 sf [11]
- Or 2 man hours per sf average.
