# House building question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-building-question/726872>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 3, 2015, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-building-question/726872 "2015-08-03T11:20:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![JakeRS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-building-question/726872/1 "2015-08-03T11:20:04Z")

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Hi everyone, I wanted to ask this, how big of a percent does a 1.wall , 2. the construction (nothing complicated, just light wood) , 3. foundation and 4.installations (electricity, water,etc) constitute, each, of the entire cost of a house? Of course there are way too many variables and it depends on the location,etc , but just generally speaking, for example a wall is usually xx % of the cost and so on…? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-building-question/726872/2 "2015-08-03T12:13:11Z")

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I’ll open the bidding at 1/3 the cost for foundation and flatwork.