Would it be irrational to think that I could have a house built for less than 80k?

1 bed, 1 bath, kitchen, dining room, living room at about 1080 sq. foot? Nothing fancy, just the necessities. It would be more or less a home to stay at when weather conditions got bad and I couldn't make it to my regular home. If this is irrational, around what size home COULD you build for less than 80k? I'm in central illinois and already have a lot.Would it be irrational to think that I could have a house built for less than 80k?
Having the lot is a big part of the $$ equation--but what you will also need to know is what your lot is zoned for. Will the county, city or burrough permit a home of that square footage?





It is very possible to build a place with that small of a footprint for the kind of money you are talking about but you may very well have to put in a lot of sweat equity yourself.





Here is a website for prefab and modular homes in Illinois in case that is a permissible building type for your lot.


http://illinois.modularhomes.info/Would it be irrational to think that I could have a house built for less than 80k?
Depends who was building it. We had a row of houses go up - and I really mean up in the last few months. The building companies who take longer usually have a reputation for reliability. When my father retired he moved into what he thought was a good quality home. It had been built - that is, from scratch - buying the plot and everything, quite fast. Within a year there was subsidence and a large crack on the wall.


That's all I know, but what fun to go into B %26amp; Q and say to the young assistant -'I want to build a house. What have you got?'


LOL
i dont think its at all unreasonable... its very probable and you may could even build a 2 bedroom...check out americas homeplace or trinity homes... these are companies that build on your lot and have premade plans and stuff.. they have great deals.
a very basic house could be built for that.
not at all. but..


it depends how you go about it, can you project manage, use plant machinery ect? if you cant its gona cost u more