We’re breaking ground on a custom home in the Crosby next month. Cost to build is $250/square foot including pool and landscaping. The house is nearly 7k square feet. The finish level will be a big step above Alta Del Mar.
Soft costs (permits, architects, engineers) will be $150k on the low end. We received bids from architects that ranged between $40k-200k. Our architect recently went on his own after nearly 20 years at the $200k firm. He’s amazing and the costs are a fraction of his former employer.
We bought the lot two years ago and have had to do a tremendous amount of work to get to this point. You need a fair amount of free time and a lot of optimism to see a project like this through at a reasonable cost.
Getting a good lot at a decent price will be your first big challenge. We chose the Crosby over Santaluz because of the Solana Beach/San Dieguito schools.
I’m happy to answer questions or discuss details off-line. Perhaps I could help you avoid some of the mistakes we made along the way.
