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

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Denver new home firms usually file between $280,806 and $587,500 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 2.1 times apart and both be normal for Denver. 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 Denver?

Half of permits were filed between $191,000 and $469,000; 8 in 10 between $150,000 and $699,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do home builders charge in Denver?

The usual new home job is filed at $275,110; the middle half of firms usually file between $280,806 and $587,500. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $220,930, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job

Why do prices I see online differ from $275,110?

$275,110 is the construction value contractors wrote on Denver 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 $400,000, the lower third $248,238. That is firms, not single jobs.

Where does this data come from?

City and County of Denver residential construction and demolition permits, read October 2026. How the records work in Denver

Cost to Build a House in Denver, CO: Usual $275,110 (2026)

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

The usual new home job filed with Denver is $275,110, from 2,341 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $280,806 and $587,500. 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.

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 2,341 priced permits across 269 firms, pooled into one. Half of Denver new home permits were filed between $191,000 and $469,000.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$150,000	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$191,000	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$275,000	the middle permit
75th	$469,000	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$699,000	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: City and County of Denver parcel values.

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $964,100	$248,238	80	994
Middle third	$964,100–$1,755,700	$400,000	81	426
Upper third	$1,756,200 and up	$400,000	81	707

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. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

Firm	Permits	Last 12 mo	Usual	Middle half
R.G. Brinkmann Company dba Brinkmann Constructors	146	146	$220,930	$200,177–$257,585
Paulscorp LLC	193	60	$194,662	$179,047–$247,671
Columbine Home Builders	87	40	$302,450	$215,512–$453,500
Haselden Construction LLC	71	32	$248,238	$200,000–$275,110
Bristlecone Construction LLC	37	27	$400,000	$322,544–$400,000
Progressive Building Group LLC	34	25	$423,455	$374,539–$521,976
Titan Industries Construction Co. LLC	40	22	$185,000	$164,000–$189,860
303 Development LLC	18	18	$180,000	$170,000–$190,000
THB Loretto MF LLC	45	13	$274,000	$224,000–$286,000
Homebound Technologies, Inc	26	10	$496,800	$488,000–$523,850

Why filed values run low or high

The 10 busiest firms usually file $220,930; the 218 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $515,000.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $1,756,200 and up) usually file $400,000, against $248,238 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 new home permits is filed under $150,000 and 1 in 10 over $699,000, 5 times as much.
98.7% of the 2,371 permits carry a value; the 30 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 2,341 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Denver, 1 in 10 new home filed values sit under $150,000, the middle half between $191,000 and $469,000, and 1 in 10 over $699,000.

$909,000Above $699,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Denver.
$275,110Right at the usual $275,110: in the middle of the file.
$105,000Below $150,000: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule new home construction in Denver

Denver files the fewest new home permits in September (65 against an average month of 100) and the most in July (157). 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 Denver →

How these numbers are made

Source: City and County of Denver residential construction and demolition 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 Denver?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Denver new home firms usually file between $280,806 and $587,500 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 2.1 times apart and both be normal for Denver. 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 Denver?Half of permits were filed between $191,000 and $469,000; 8 in 10 between $150,000 and $699,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do home builders charge in Denver?The usual new home job is filed at $275,110; the middle half of firms usually file between $280,806 and $587,500. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $220,930, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
Why do prices I see online differ from $275,110?$275,110 is the construction value contractors wrote on Denver 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 $400,000, the lower third $248,238. That is firms, not single jobs.
Where does this data come from?City and County of Denver residential construction and demolition permits, read October 2026. How the records work in Denver →

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