How many quotes should I get for a new home job in Cleveland?

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Cleveland new home firms usually file between $231,415 and $298,715 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.3 times apart and both be normal for Cleveland. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.

What range is normal for new home jobs in Cleveland?

Half of permits were filed between $226,000 and $293,000; 8 in 10 between $200,000 and $378,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do home builders charge in Cleveland?

The usual new home job is filed at $250,000; the middle half of firms usually file between $231,415 and $298,715. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $231,415, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job

Why do prices I see online differ from $250,000?

$250,000 is the construction value contractors wrote on Cleveland permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.

Do bigger houses get bigger bills?

In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $264,972, the lower third $231,415. That is firms, not single jobs.

Where does this data come from?

City of Cleveland building permits, read October 2026. How the records work in Cleveland

Cost to Build a House in Cleveland, OH: Usual $250,000 (2026)

How much does it cost to build a house in Cleveland?

The usual new home job filed with Cleveland is $250,000, from 343 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $231,415 and $298,715. 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 home permit here usually takes 344 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 343 priced permits across 65 firms, pooled into one. Half of Cleveland new home permits were filed between $226,000 and $293,000.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$200,000	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$226,000	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$252,000	the middle permit
75th	$293,000	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$378,000	1 in 10 filed above

By home value

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: Cuyahoga County parcel values.

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $21,550	$231,415	19	179
Middle third	$21,550–$112,000	$350,000	20	47
Upper third	$120,400 and up	$264,972	20	105

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

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	Finished
CHN Housing Partners	89	11	$231,415	$225,397–$231,415	90.4%
Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity Inc.	23	11	$207,810	$207,810	88.6%
B.R. Knez Construction LLC.	35	8	$269,597	$245,000–$290,500	59.6%
Green Light Building Company LLC.	9	6	$265,000	$265,000	—
Maverick Building Company	3	3	—	—	—
Berges LLC.	19	2	$375,000	$320,000–$450,000	73.0%
Community Rebuilders LLC.	11	2	$285,000	$285,000	6 of 9
Civic Builders, LLC.	10	2	$440,000	$260,000–$723,750	7 of 8
3rd Generation Construction LLC.	2	2	—	—	—
Levelup Renovations LLC.	2	2	—	—	—

Why filed values run low or high

The 10 busiest firms usually file $231,415; the 58 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $265,000.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $120,400 and up) usually file $264,972, against $231,415 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 new home permits is filed under $200,000 and 1 in 10 over $378,000, 2 times as much.
100.0% of the 343 permits carry a value; the 0 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 343 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Cleveland, 1 in 10 new home filed values sit under $200,000, the middle half between $226,000 and $293,000, and 1 in 10 over $378,000.

$491,000Above $378,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Cleveland.
$250,000Right at the usual $250,000: in the middle of the file.
$140,000Below $200,000: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule new home construction in Cleveland

Cleveland files the fewest new home permits in April (31 against an average month of 100) and the most in September (220). 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 Cleveland →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Cleveland building permits. 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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Common questions

How many quotes should I get for a new home job in Cleveland?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Cleveland new home firms usually file between $231,415 and $298,715 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.3 times apart and both be normal for Cleveland. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
What range is normal for new home jobs in Cleveland?Half of permits were filed between $226,000 and $293,000; 8 in 10 between $200,000 and $378,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do home builders charge in Cleveland?The usual new home job is filed at $250,000; the middle half of firms usually file between $231,415 and $298,715. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $231,415, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
Why do prices I see online differ from $250,000?$250,000 is the construction value contractors wrote on Cleveland permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.
Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $264,972, the lower third $231,415. That is firms, not single jobs.
Where does this data come from?City of Cleveland building permits, read October 2026. How the records work in Cleveland →

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