say I bought a piece of land maybe 6,000 sq ft. how much to build a 2 bed 2 bath house on it?

[whtviper1]

Originally Posted by KauaiPono

On Kauai count on 400 to 500 per square foot for a good quality home. I doubt anyone can build for less than 250 a square foot on Kauai.

That seems really high for just the structure - that implies $600-$750K for a 1,500 sq ft house

I get Kauai has higher costs, but still seems high.

There are brand new homes at Kohea Loa at nearly 2,000 sq ft for $510,000 listed online

[scgali]

Originally Posted by KauaiPono

On Kauai count on 400 to 500 per square foot for a good quality home. I doubt anyone can build for less than 250 a square foot on Kauai.

That's definitely way too high unless you are going full custom. We built in 2013 and as I said it was about $200 per square foot. We did do the flooring ourselves after the fact as we could afford it (had plywood base). We bought the Home Depot DIY vinyl flooring which looked like wood and was recommended by the contractor. We also did the interior painting ourselves. So I did forget to mention those things. We found used appliances for good prices. Anyway, it's definitely possible to have a good solid home at that price and then do the more cosmetic things as you go. You can get the Certificate of Occupancy without paint and with the plywood floor base.

[scgali]

Here are some pics of the little house. We did have to sell a few years later and move back to the mainland so these were the realtor pics. Building was our only option to get the location we wanted. We found foreclosed 3 acres (we watched the market for 5 years to find that) and them built.

[Amadrid]

Originally Posted by scgali

We built a little home on Kauai that was 3/2 square home (cheaper if square) raised about 3' off the ground for $200 a square foot. This bought us a basic home. It was 1,100 square feet with hardiplank Siding, 200 square feet of covered decks, laminate wood Home Depot floors and laminate counters. It turned out very nice and cute. We still have the plans if you are interested.

I’d love to see the plans. That’s the style we are looking at for a home. We’re considering the big Island because of the diversity

[Nyfinestbxtf]

Originally Posted by scgali

Here are some pics of the little house. We did have to sell a few years later and move back to the mainland so these were the realtor pics. Building was our only option to get the location we wanted. We found foreclosed 3 acres (we watched the market for 5 years to find that) and them built.

That house is really cute. When all said and done how much it run you including the land?

[MitchTempo]

Originally Posted by YoungTraveler2011

anyone know how much you have to pay the government on a lot? like, a lot without anything on it.

just curious how much it would cost monthly to have just the land.

Maui's tax rate isn't based on the size of the land, but it's value, and zoning. (although obviously a larger plot will be worth more).

The Maui County Tax rates can be found on the website here: https://www.mauicounty.gov/755/Class...-Rate-Purposes

Let's give your plot of land a value of $100,000 for the sake of easy computation, and give it Residential Zoning.

Based on the 2017 tax rate in the link above you will have to pay an annual tax of $554/year.

$100,000 x $5.54 for every $1000 of value = $554.

If you're looking for building kits Honsador lumber has some decent priced ones starting from $50k or so for a 1 bedroom cottage. This however doesn't include a general contractor rate, and they charge about $225/sqft. to handle everything else if you bought a kit.

[MitchTempo]

Sorry for the late reply. For some reason I don't get any email from city-data anymore even though I'm still subscribed to the thread.