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

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Orlando new home firms usually file between $21,250 and $503,865 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 23.7 times apart and both be normal for Orlando. 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 Orlando?

Half of permits were filed between $171,000 and $369,000; 8 in 10 between $13,700 and $521,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do home builders charge in Orlando?

The usual new home job is filed at $262,217; the middle half of firms usually file between $21,250 and $503,865. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $270,974, about the same as the usual. See every firm's usual job

Why do prices I see online differ from $262,217?

$262,217 is the construction value contractors wrote on Orlando 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 $550,000, the lower third $270,974. That is firms, not single jobs.

Where does this data come from?

City of Orlando building permits for one- and two-family homes, read October 2026. How the records work in Orlando

Cost to Build a House in Orlando, FL: Usual $262,217 (2026)

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

The usual new home job filed with Orlando is $262,217, from 3,083 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $21,250 and $503,865. 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 203 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 3,083 priced permits across 292 firms, pooled into one. Half of Orlando new home permits were filed between $171,000 and $369,000.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$13,700	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$171,000	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$264,000	the middle permit
75th	$369,000	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$521,000	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: the Orange County tax roll (Florida Department of Revenue).

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $375,930	$270,974	92	1,429
Middle third	$375,930–$723,925	$280,424	93	1,325
Upper third	$732,710 and up	$550,000	93	292

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
Pulte Home Company LLC	742	361	$270,974	$222,340–$356,492
Dream Finders Homes LLC	273	83	$273,200	$118,740–$361,563
Mattamy Orlando LLC (Comp)	306	75	$280,424	$215,414–$311,098
Weekley Homes LLC	117	40	$262,811	$192,061–$352,756
Toll Bros Inc	79	35	$261,623	$258,457–$270,479
Ici Homes of Tampa LLC	99	32	$360,771	$132,178–$518,377
Harvey G Newsome Jr Inc	26	15	$225,000	$215,018–$388,705
Home Energy Group LLC, D/B/A Arcxis	17	13	$299,719	$229,860–$318,520
Makeur LLC	21	12	$404,111	$388,180–$405,793
Di Francesco LLC	26	11	$198,691	$198,691

Why filed values run low or high

The 10 busiest firms usually file $270,974; the 264 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $215,000.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $732,710 and up) usually file $550,000, against $270,974 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 new home permits is filed under $13,700 and 1 in 10 over $521,000, 38 times as much.
99.2% of the 3,107 permits carry a value; the 24 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 3,083 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Orlando, 1 in 10 new home filed values sit under $13,700, the middle half between $171,000 and $369,000, and 1 in 10 over $521,000.

$677,000Above $521,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Orlando.
$262,217Right at the usual $262,217: in the middle of the file.
$9,600Below $13,700: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule new home construction in Orlando

Orlando files the fewest new home permits in January (69 against an average month of 100) and the most in June (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 Orlando →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Orlando building permits for one- and two-family homes. 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 Orlando?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Orlando new home firms usually file between $21,250 and $503,865 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 23.7 times apart and both be normal for Orlando. 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 Orlando?Half of permits were filed between $171,000 and $369,000; 8 in 10 between $13,700 and $521,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do home builders charge in Orlando?The usual new home job is filed at $262,217; the middle half of firms usually file between $21,250 and $503,865. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $270,974, about the same as the usual. See every firm's usual job →
Why do prices I see online differ from $262,217?$262,217 is the construction value contractors wrote on Orlando 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 $550,000, the lower third $270,974. That is firms, not single jobs.
Where does this data come from?City of Orlando building permits for one- and two-family homes, read October 2026. How the records work in Orlando →

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