How much does foundation work cost in Greensboro? The usual foundation & crawl space job filed with Greensboro is $13,136, from 676 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $11,809 and $13,966. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual foundation & crawl space job filed with Greensboro is $13,136, from 676 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $11,809 and $13,966. 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 foundation & crawl space permit here usually takes 85 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 676 priced permits across 28 firms, pooled into one. Half of Greensboro foundation & crawl space permits were filed between $8,500 and $19,400.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $5,700 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $8,500 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $13,200 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $19,400 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $26,900 | 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: Guilford County parcel values (matched by address).
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $220,900 | $8,500 | 9 | 63 |
| Middle third | $220,900–$260,100 | $13,734 | 9 | 599 |
| Upper third | $271,600 and up | $12,315 | 10 | 20 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarheel Basement Systems | 460 | 149 | $13,734 | $9,021–$19,645 | 92.3% |
| Carolina Basement Systems | 119 | 47 | $14,927 | $9,891–$21,148 | 35.9% |
| Dunwell Structural Repair LLC | 6 | 6 | $11,997 | $4,865–$17,307 | — |
| S3C, dba Falcone Crawl Space | 9 | 2 | $13,420 | $9,275–$20,150 | 7 of 7 |
| Vanterra Foundation Solutions | 4 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Bioclean Restoration, Inc | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Rhinolift | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Ram Jack, LLC | 5 | 1 | $6,673 | $5,251–$7,747 | 3 of 5 |
| Wolfe Construction Group | 4 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Walsh Crawlspace | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In Greensboro, 1 in 10 foundation & crawl space filed values sit under $5,700, the middle half between $8,500 and $19,400, and 1 in 10 over $26,900.
Greensboro files the fewest foundation & crawl space permits in February (70 against an average month of 100) and the most in August (131). 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 Greensboro →
Source: City of Greensboro building and trade 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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