How much does it cost to build a house in Cambridge? The usual new construction job filed with Cambridge is $850,000, from 111 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026). A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual new construction job filed with Cambridge is $850,000, from 111 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A new construction permit here usually takes 524 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 111 priced permits across 67 firms, pooled into one. Half of Cambridge new construction permits were filed between $514,000 and $1,990,000.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $95,200 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $514,000 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $913,000 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $1,990,000 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $3,280,000 | 1 in 10 filed above |
Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: City of Cambridge FY2026 assessed values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $1,585,100 | $700,000 | 20 | 26 |
| Middle third | $1,585,100–$2,801,100 | $978,000 | 21 | 47 |
| Upper third | $2,946,800 and up | $600,000 | 21 | 28 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Tokatlyan | 8 | 6 | $1,767,000 | $1,410,000–$2,013,750 |
| Andrew P Collins | 6 | 5 | $978,000 | $850,000–$1,964,000 |
| Mahmood Firouzbakht | 8 | 4 | $785,000 | $693,500–$902,500 |
| John T McGeough | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Gueve Ataie | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Nilton R Dornelas | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Lucas Ingemi | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Sam C Zou | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Antonio B Nardelli, Jr | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Martin Cafasso | 2 | 1 | — | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In Cambridge, 1 in 10 new construction filed values sit under $95,200, the middle half between $514,000 and $1,990,000, and 1 in 10 over $3,280,000.
Cambridge files the fewest new construction permits in February (22 against an average month of 100) and the most in June (162). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Cambridge →
Source: City of Cambridge Inspectional Services permits (the city's per-type open-data permit files). The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.
The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.
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