[quote=SD Realtor]Yes make sure you hire a local contractor who is intimately familiar with the city and county you are making the purchase in. Otherwise you can build it all only to get hurt by local ordinances or zoning laws that are pertinent to that area.[/quote]
Even that may not work if the contractor is charging you for construction plus other “fees” or “development” costs.
Contractors don’t want to include a true total cost because nobody really has a good handle on all the possible fees that come up.
New builds are very different than renovations because the fees associated with a new building have already been paid.
