So why does it cost 40%more to build the same house in california than in any other state if the material prices are the same in every state? It's simple, consider the city's Red Tape, the state bureaucracy, and all the taxes and insurance fee's. Now that Prop 30 passed and our sales tax is at 9.5%, city licences have doubled, added employee's necessary just to handle state and legal matters for insurance and employee rights, not to mention "Obama Care". Just see for yourself, permit fees have sky-rocketed since 2008 as a result.
Little wonder people are passing the licensed contractors and licence process and doing improvements themselves, or worse, working with unlicensed trades... But do you blame them or the system. Can you see where your heading? Should we just try economic freedom instead!
Do your own comparison, run your same project on www.estimateconstructioncostfirst.com by selecting another state, then select California and see the differences in cost.
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