Brit Reacts to How a Grand American House is Made!

[@TheBeesleys99]

3rd time lucky hopefully ❤️

[@Justiceincorporated.]

Come visit the USA. We can help with lodging for a couple weeks. For 4-6

[@tomhalla426]

They are not using enough steel connectors, so it is being built in an area not subject to earthquakes or hurricanes.

[@raquelmanteiga3269]

Basements are made of concrete or cinder block, as they support the weight of the home

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

They are like the foundation pretty much.

[@AzraelThanatos]

It also sustains against the environment more, the basement and foundation are enough while the wood is a decent height above the ground to prevent a lot of the moisture issues which can cause issues with even treated wood options due to the freeze/thaw cycle along with everything else.

[@ge7714]

The cost differs from state to state, but it also differs from town to town 20 miles west of us in upstate New York. The price would drop almost half by that house. The house will be close to $1 million where I am but 20 miles west it will be about 500,000.

[@ZeroTolerance-tk9ce]

I'm not a builder but I have had a couple houses built, in good weather it usually takes 3 or 4 months to build an average size house. A big house like this one probably takes a little longer.

[@hardtackbeans9790]

In my state the basement would cost a fortune with much thicker cement & steel reinforcement. In fact, it would cost as much as the house. In expansive clay soil, you just don't build one unless it is highly engineered.

[@kendallcarstens9194]

As a general base rule here in the midwest, finished home construction cost starts out at around $200.00 per square foot per floor or story. That does not include the cost of the lot, sewer connection, water connection, or if your electric feed is trenched in to the house.

[@Alan-lv9rw]

The house I grew up in is 23 miles from NYC’s Central Park. It has 1,400 square feet (130 square meters) on 1/10 of an acre. It’s currently valued right at $1 million.

[@JIMBEARRI]

That home was built on a sloping lot so it has a "Daylight" basement which means the downhill side of the basement will have likely have a finished recreation area with large windows and doors to the outside. That home would cost at least $850,000 to a Million in the Northeast.

[@hippiemama52]

At least, depending on what state. It'd be at least that, if not more in NJ.

[@CptGreenJeans]

I’m in Ohio and depending on where it’s located I’d say you’re right.

[@Suzette4067]

It would be more in sw Connecticut. Probably 1.5-2

[@TomKD0QKK]

Here in eastern Missouri, St. Louis metro, a house like that, custom built, would be somewhere between 1.25 to 1.5 million, roughly.

[@TomKD0QKK]

Not county land, permits, design, utilities...

[@2010mtaylor1]

Does that include the land?

[@mrman487]

@@2010mtaylor1 Location and size of the lot could cost 20k to 2 million just for a couple acres.

[@TomKD0QKK]

@@2010mtaylor1 No, nor the utilities, designing, permits and all sorts of other potential costs dependent on local codes and restrictions. The house in this video is a really nice high end custom. Nothing about this kind of job is cheap. Everyone involved has to be the very best to do the job right and they know what they're worth. The materials that are being used are extraordinarily expensive. That kitchen easily had somewhere between 50 to 100,000 dollars in cabinets in it. The millwork, from what I could see, is all hardwood, even the painted stuff. All that stone on the front is expensive. Right now, in my area, if someone asked me what it would cost to build a custom house, I would tell them that, depending on a lot of final decisions regarding all the various finishes and mechanical systems, they would be somewhere between $250 to $300 a square foot. That's just for the building. It could go a whole lot higher but not a whole lot lower. I've been out of the business for four years now so I could be low on that estimate.

[@karenjayne24]

You look especially beautiful today. You look rested, as well. Take care of yourseld during the busy holiday season Blessings to the entire family including your moms.

[@blakerh]

I am building a smaller house with a walk out basement like this one. Where I live in Indiana, this house would be over a million. It would be 3 or 4 million in CA.

[@raquelmanteiga3269]

This house has a basement where the previous one did not.

[@gibbymcintyre3023]

If you want to know how long this takes, look at the trees in the back ground. Watch the leaves grow 😮.

[@scottjones758]

Our house in California took 6 months in housing track of over 100 homes in 1999. 2400 square foot. $250k then. Now quadrupled in value.

[@ChuckHuffmaster]

Depending on how much land it's on and location, that house would cost 600 k to a million dollars in Oklahoma and usually these type homes sit on a couple acres

[@3DJapan]

Thank you for stating that it's not a typical home.

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

Not in California, not up to code. Easily $2M-3M as a starter price.

[@Locke99GS]

Can you have one? YES! Move to the states, you can have one built or even buy one. Home like that are pretty common.

[@DianeCasanova]

Would like to see the finish of the cliff house, if they filmed it. The house we had built was supposed to take three months. For some reason it took five. Maybe inspectors weren't available. A necessary evil, inspectors.

[@frankrotondo3771]

They did a video of the finished cliff house someone put the site on their comment

[@kenjordan5750]

I just signed to build a 1600 sq ft retirement house in AZ and it cost $218/sq ft. Total $350,000+. There is a backlog of orders in the development, so my house won't be finished until late May or June. If one were to build in Scottsdale, or Sedona prices would be double or more. The house in your video is probably $1 Million or more. Bidinflation doubled house prices in Arizona.

[@Bellastrega1960]

In Massachusetts….800,000 or 1 million or more depending on the town

[@Gforceracing20]

Depending on the County in North Carolina that's probably every bit of $750K

[@danielmcgraw7908]

I would really be surprised if that could be had ANYWHERE for less than $850,000 USD.

[@donnabert]

Oh it wasn't that great...

[@danielmcgraw7908]

@donnabert I don't argue that, more I think that the size of the lot required to build in a neighborhood that would support that investment probably demand a price close to that.

[@briantalley8415]

Cost depends on location, but that's not an inexpensive house in even the worst areas. It's probably around $1,000,000 to start, going up to a few million in very desirable areas. That's assuming today's insane housing prices, of course.

[@garyi.1360]

With the land and house, and guessing on the interior materials, I'd say that's a 1 - 1.2 Million home in New Mexico.

[@CJWJR]

Here in eastern Tennessee and the Carolinas, the house by itself would cost between $700k - $850k. If it's in one of the northeastern states, it would definitely be over $1 million. Of course, the other question would be how much land it's on.

[@jckirby7994]

In my state of Alabama.. this house "depending where it's located.. would start at bout 290,000 well worth it. We hope to see you here in Alabama next to the river in one of these big houses we all love the Beasley's here"

[@3DJapan]

Can't say how long this would take but on my smaller house I had the roof replaced a few years ago and I think it's took 3 or 4 days. Of course that includes removing the old roof.

[@bearhunter1493]

that house could be all yours for around 600 to 750 thousand dollars lol

[@TheRockkickass]

Ain’t bad

[@withouthavingseen]

In Maryland, that would be > $1.5m or more. More to be closer into DC, more for more land.

[@BettieMarieTruan]

Arkansas USA $600-750 California - Millions

[@bluflaam777LSA]

And in Commifornia it could take upwards of 2 years waiting for permits and environmental impact studies etc. Even in San Diego where they've loosened some of the permits to promote new buildings, not many are being built because of the exorbitant costs.

[@cranberrylangers3095]

You would probably like watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition.

[@kaysuddeth2028]

$500,000 To $1,000,000 depending on location.

[@tedjones112]

Depends on what part of the USA - Texas n Oklahoma are mostly concrete slab, no basement.

[@BernardProfitendieu]

surprised they didn't dig the basement deeper - but maybe this was in the South where the winters are warmer. In the North, they usually did a big deep hole for the basement, so it never freezes down there in the winter and all the mechanicals for the house are protected.

[@MrLcarter24]

I'm so glad you are aware of the fact that it depends on what state you live in for the cost of a home like this. Not everyone in the US has to live with ridiculous California and New York prices. In Texas this house would cost between 500k and 700k.

[@spaceshiplewis]

So, this actually poses a nice example of there being technically 2 ground floors. The basement has a walk out area at its ground level. While it can still be called a basement and for all intents and purposes, it is, it does beg the question which ground is exactly is ground level. Since you lot in the UK don't usually have basements nor many extreme slopes, it's not common enough to really distinguish ground floor hierarchy.

[@LibertyWolf1]

Oh no MIllie is in complete control. The sky must be falling! 🤣

[@Burt-p4o]

In Texas about $600,000 to $800,000 and in California about $68,000,000 LoL

[@JDoors]

Not only do prices vary state by state, but they also vary greatly within the state. Illinois has some expensive areas, mostly around Chicago, but the same house outside those expensive areas could cost half as much, or anything in-between. Illinois is a vertical state with the North dominated by Chicago, but go way downstate and it's almost entirely rural (and less expensive). And all that variation without even leaving the state!

[@tonyterryjohnson8603]

Thanks for sharing this. Very fun to watch and how beautiful that house was. This is excellent content and I enjoyed it very much.

[@tonyterryjohnson8603]

In my opinion that's 1.5 or 2 million.

[@rodney-m7g]

Where I live , a barrier beach island off Long Island , NY , a house like that would cost 3 -4 million dollars . About fifteen years ago a guy bought two side by side old houses on my block , tore them both down and built one big house across both lots { there are very few vacant lots on this island } the cost then was more than $ 2 million .

[@frankrotondo3771]

Depending on area and state the price would vary

[@waynevonminden3775]

If you were asking how long the concrete in the basement? 1 day, for the one they were poring.

[@peppernc429]

In Raleigh North Carolina, this home would sale for $1.7 thousand.

[@markbulmahn2901]

750,000 to 800,000 in indiana

[@brasherd]

If you build it in a very rural undesirable part of the country, it can be very affordable. If you build it next to a large popular city, it’s many millions.

[@philipparker357]

I'm on the outer edge of the suburbs with a similar 4500-sqft 4-br, 3-ba with 2-car garage, lower patio. upper deck and full basement... in my location a was $500,000 to build (everything I need is with ten miles but I'm 35 miles from the 'big' city).

[@sandylee9564]

Even is someone gave me this home, I couldn''t afford to pay the heating and cooling bill OR the property taxes....It is a beautiful home.

[@billhacks]

Likely built from Canadian lumber using Canadian oil. If the orange menace keeps trying to be a bully, there just might be more materials on the market for the Brits to build with.

[@billdurham8575]

the land amount would make a big difference on the bottom line. That house on an acre lot would be around 600-800k in North Texas.

[@jaymoeller647]

You're welcome to come here and have one built. That one is more than a million where I live in CA.

[@Mycroftsbrother]

How much? It's hard to say, but a lot depends on the neighborhood. A big part of the cost of the house is the quality and price of windows. doors, fixtures, flooring, cabinets, sinks, tubs, vanities, etc.. Even a very modest looking home can get quite pricey if everything in it is high priced. One thing that bumps the price WAY up on that house is the stonework. Stone veneers are very expensive compared to siding and even brick.

[@Justiceincorporated.]

Average home takes 3-6 months to build

[@bluflaam777LSA]

Again, location matters. Some places take several months to just get permits after having to pay for environmental impact studies and fees to offset 'carbon footprint' etc. Commifornia is stupid like that. If you could find a plot of land to build that on in California you'd pay millions and it would take 2 years to build waiting for permits. The one in this video looked to start in the late winter/spring and then was mostly finished by the fall. (watching the leaves on the trees from start to end)

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

​@@bluflaam777LSACalifornia has to do that. I mean what happens if your house burns down in a wild fire that burned down your home. Pfft

[@Justiceincorporated.]

Yup. Then again this is not an average home

[@joyannwesson]

That's a beautiful house. Where I live, i think it would be over a million dollars.

[@HAROLDSIMMONS-m6f]

Called the new Downtown Abbey😊

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

This is still not the video I had hoped you would watch. The video I am talking about takes about a year to build and each phase is broke down showing cost and when completed everything is totaled and the final cost of the home is revealed. It is American home build start to finish.

[@Er-sv5tn]

I live in Oklahoma. This would be $750,000 to 1.25 million most likely, depending on how much land comes with it, what finishes and what neighborhood.

[@JWW60]

It really depends on the crew working on the house. I've seen it take 3 months to 8 months.

[@seanoreilly3905]

pay attention to the tree leaves maybe to get a sense of seasons passing, the entire framing section all the trees were green and at the end it's fall

[@SA-hf3fu]

The "random bit" at 6:20 is a Wet Bar.

[@lorigrimaldi194]

Beautiful home! Depending on the area, that house would be 2 million and up on Long Island

[@jeffreydarwin7943]

My house looks similar and is on 20 acres in Minnesota. It cost around 2 million USD

[@betsyduane3461]

We call these McMansions. A pejorative term for a large, "mass-produced" house in a suburban community. Quality varies based on the contractor. Typical parts are the stone facade and the vinyl siding and a big cathedral ceiling in the living room. I've been in and work in many when I was younger, they never have the feel of an older home. Often stuffed with cheap central air and heating systems.

[@karenjayne24]

The other house had concrete as well. It is part of the foundation of the home.

[@jomamma1750]

As far as time frame goes, they pour/build the foundation first. That takes a few days, then they wait for the inspection. After that it's game-on. I watched a crew of Mexicans Stick-Frame a 2 story pretty comparable to this one. They got both stories, the roof and the exterior sheathing done in 1 day, maybe 14-15 hrs? The interior work does take some time 'tho. But yeah, they go up quick.

[@tripsixx5802]

When I was a residential electrician I’ve seen some good framing crews throw em up fast! Then us, plumbers, and hvac blast holes all over the place 😂 mainly us! Biggest house I did was for a neurosurgeon hubby n cardiologist wifey had finished basement and 3 above ground floors with an elevator and was almost 16,000 square feet! 2nd biggest was right at 12,000 with an 8,000 guest house next door and the owner of that setup owns one of the biggest hearing aid companies!

[@RobertMJohnson]

$5,000,000 to $10,000,000 or more in Silicon Valley (San Jose) to San Francisco, depending on city and views.

[@Andaius20]

yeah depending on where it's at, and how much land your getting 800K - 1.2m range would be my guess

[@TheRockkickass]

Where I am in Syracuse NY, that would probably run you $700-$800k depending on lot size.

[@CCoburn3]

You ought to look at a video of a modular home. They are nowhere near this fancy, but lots of people own them.

[@williamlanning3193]

Looking forward to this one Milllie someday you will get it I’m sure

[@thefunnybunnyboy]

That's a big house! My guess in terms of size is at least 6000 Square Feet of living space. Here in the Charlotte suburbs, that house will cost at least $ 1.8 million...and will take at least 6 months to build. Americans of my generation would look at such a home and it's hi cost as something they would work hard to achieve..that such an acquisition is very possible no matter who you are and where you come from. This is a mindset that is uniquely American as we are raised to believe that if you work hard enough and save, save save.., anything is possible. Of course our country is huge when compared to the UK and Jersey, so we do have alot of open space to develop..which helps keep the costs of land manageable. 20 years ago, you could have purchased a similar sized home here in the South East for around $ 5-600,000...but times have changed. In 2009, we bought a 5 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom house with no basement but a 2 car garage, total size: 3400 SF and it only cost $ 400k..Here, real estate is mostly listed by it's size..ie, square feet of living space..and each region of the country will have it's own SF selling price, depending on demand,...I can assure you that the houses built by Perkins Builder Brothers will come in at lower cost per SF than those here in Charlotte..They are more rural so the demand isn't as high...Bryson City, NC is where they are.. I truly hope that you guys will earn enough from your KZbin channels so that you can buy one of these beautiful homes for yourselves! You deserve it!

[@Trifler500]

Although the price would vary, it's definitely a fancy, expensive house. :)

[@2010mtaylor1]

1.5M - 1.75M inc. land and furnishings.

[@richardlahan7068]

I'n an American, and I'd like one too! Our house is about 1200 square feet.

[@4444mbutler]

2 - 2.5 million - Massachusetts

[@dbell2224]

Times very depending on the contractor, Building Inspectors ,Weather and Materials. I promise it never goes like you see on the building shows!! That's all fantasies. During the commercial breaks the real carpenters come in and do the work.If they made a true home construction show it would more aptly be named "Just Finish The D#$m House" 🙄

[@Ms.Opinionated]

This looks like a 9 to 12 month build. In Maryland it would cost between $4.5 to $6 million.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Damn the house reminds of British globble stone houses. 😅

[@jimcathcart5116]

In the Philadelphia area 1-11/2 million

[@jimcathcart5116]

That’s the basement

[@mowen016]

Heh, in So. California, probably would cost 4-5 million. Really enjoying these videos.

[@license2kilttheplaidlad640]

Keep in mind it's not a home without a foundation or basement. A slab is just a POS .

[@tamiduncan3417]

My best guess would be 500,000 here in West Virginia.

[@scottjones758]

Concrete is the basement

[@creinicke1000]

House envy. But there are many homes simikiar to it where I live. We dont have basements here in AZ.. But we built a nice house with basement in WI that had a basement.. It depents on the type of soil. Cost 650 thousand to 1.2 mil.. iin most states, not counting the land... But if in CA or NY, it might be 3X that amount.

[@TheMazlgoth]

In my area that's a 3 to 7 mil build

[@jeffreydarwin7943]

In Minnesota it would cost between 1 million to 2 million depending how much land it was on.

[@donnabert]

Minnesota is waaaaay over priced then. Or you are wrong. I mean in Iowa, which touches Minnesota, you are hard pressed to find a house for 500k. I think you are over thinking it.

[@kalebv.1414]

@@donnabert 5 years ago here in NW Ia houses like this were running around that 500k mark, but recently because we have had a lot of people moving into our area and are in need of houses, the demand is pushing the prices up around 750k to 850k depending on the town. But I'm not sure what the rest of Iowa is for pricing atm.

[@donnabert]

@@kalebv.1414 Good to know. I live in WA state but we have tons of relatives in Iowa and were looking at moving to the state at one time. I"d never buy new construction in Iowa, there are too many gorgeous 100 year old mansions that are cheap as hell (compared to WA state). My husband works from home so we can live anywhere. We're sort of looking at Oregon now that Iowa failed its red/blue state test. No way will we live in a red state.

[@kalebv.1414]

@@donnabert For a not newly built house it does go down in prices. average is now 250 to 300k for a 2500 sq ft ranch style house with a 2 stall garage. Those higher prices in my last comment are mainly the high end houses that are 5000 sq ft and brand new.

[@montyferguson4657]

That house looks like it is from the 90s both inside and out.

[@johnlabus7359]

That house screams Pennsylvania.

[@az1407t]

$1.5 million + in New Hampshire.

[@darrellberger]

You should watch L3WG how American houses are built start to finish it tells time and cost from start to finish

[@HulkHogan-w2w]

About 900,000 in texas

[@johnbeckozz214]

I southern California that would easily be a $5-7 million dollar home. and that would be in the cheap neighborhood like the IE. in Ventura or Orange it would be $20+ million easily.

[@brianhums5056]

The concrete would take 1 day for the most part, 2 days tops!

[@PEPPER2323]

Yes this house would be much more in California then in Texas...

[@rnash999]

I'd rather have a poured concrete house or at least a block one.

[@davidbryan4732]

That would cost around 900,000 in my state