In 2026 a typical asphalt shingle tear-off and re-roof on a 2,000 square foot roof runs about $9,000 to $20,000 nationally, with tile, metal and shake commonly two to four times that, because roofing is priced by the square of roof surface rather than by the square foot of house.
It splits sharply by fix: sealing a crack commonly runs $400 to $1,500 in 2026, lifting a slab with foam or grout runs $1,500 to $5,000, and holding a settled house on piers runs roughly $1,200 to $3,500 per pier, which puts a full underpinning between about $15,000 and $60,000.
Crawl space work is priced by the piece: roughly $150 to $600 to sister a joist in 2026, $300 to $1,000 per added support post, $1,500 to $6,000 to replace a girder, and $5,000 to $15,000 to encapsulate, so a full job usually lands between about $5,000 and $25,000.
Excluding land, the structure commonly runs $150 to $250 per square foot with a production builder in 2026 and $250 to $500 or more custom, which puts a typical 2,300 square foot house at roughly $350,000 to $575,000 production built, and well past that custom, before the lot and the soft costs.
Under about 1,500 square feet the price per square foot goes up rather than down, so a small site-built house commonly runs $180 to $350 per square foot in 2026, or roughly $180,000 to $450,000 excluding land, with modular and manufactured construction the two reliable ways to come in under that.
Under 400 square feet the 2026 range is roughly $20,000 to $45,000 in materials for a self-built house on a trailer and $60,000 to $150,000 from a professional builder, which works out to $300 to $500 a square foot, the highest per foot of any way to build.
In 2026 a cosmetic kitchen refresh typically bids between about $15,000 and $30,000, a midrange remodel that replaces the cabinets, counters and appliances between about $30,000 and $75,000, and an upscale kitchen that moves walls or plumbing past $100,000, with the cabinets alone usually a third of whatever the total turns out to be.
The 10x10 is the industry's standard 100 square foot quoting kitchen, and in 2026 that layout commonly runs about $15,000 to $30,000 with stock cabinets and no layout change, $30,000 to $50,000 with semi-custom cabinets and better counters, and past $60,000 once the cabinets are custom or the plumbing moves.
Under about 100 square feet, a kitchen remodel in 2026 usually bids between roughly $8,000 and $25,000, because the cabinet run is short while the fixed costs (demolition, a plumber's minimum, a countertop template visit, permits) do not shrink with the room.
In 2026 a half bath typically bids between about $3,000 and $10,000, a full hall bathroom between about $10,000 and $30,000, and a primary suite from about $25,000 to well past $50,000, with tile labour and whether any fixture moves deciding where inside those ranges a given bathroom lands.
A renovation budget holds when the scope is written down before anybody prices it, three contractors bid that same written scope, a contingency of commonly 10 to 20 percent is set aside and never spent on upgrades, and payments follow a draw schedule tied to finished work rather than to the calendar.
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