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Since none of the previous posters stated that they have actually built a hangar, I will offer my experience.
First, do not confuse the asking price of a finished building, or the property tax value, with the cost of construction. Not the same. Sellers want a profit for their effort and asking prices generally reflect the current market, i.e., supply and demand.
About 10 years ago I put up a 48'x48' Erect-A-Tube building in NH. I was the general contractor. Since the building was a residential accessory building, or barn, on the building permit, I did the electrical work, which was signed off by the building inspector.
Back then the concrete work for the foundation footings and frost wall cost $6K after I dug the trenches with a borrowed backhoe. If I had to pay for all the work including excavation I will guess that I would have spent $10K.
The complete building delivered to my site by Erect-A-Tube was I think $30K. That is every beam, panel, and bolt for a 48' square hangar with a 48' wide bifold door that opens up to 14'. I can't say enough about the quality of the Erect-A-Tube building kit. Good quality and a great door.
I think that I paid another $3K or $5K for a crew to assemble the building on site.
I dug the trench and installed the conduit for underground electric service. That plus the electrical panel and wiring to 115V and 220V outlets and overhead lighting probably cost another $.
The concrete floor was fun. Got a really good crew to pour the floor for a total cost of about $3K. Then I bought high quality Hard Deck white paint and my wife and I put that down. About $. A white floor reflects so much light that you only need half of the fixtures that you might install otherwise. We call it the garage-mahal.
You can add up the numbers to total something just over $50K. Add 20% for inflation and the price is still not that bad. The finished building is worth a lot more than the construction price. So if you have some patience, shop around, read directions, and are not afraid of sweat equity, you can put up a pretty nice building on the installment plan.
Best of luck,
Wes
N78PS
P.S. In Tennessee you don't need a heated floor. I don't need one in NH either. Get a large patio heater or two and working in the hangar is just fine in the winter.
Helena Regional Airport administration was great to work with. They opened up a new area a few years ago for new GA hangars and were excited to have me build. I basically had my pick of locations. They were also a great help sending me samples of FAA forms that basically all I had to do with change some minor details on.
I acted as general contractor, which means to me I really did very little work, other that paperwork, paying bills and coordinating contractors.
This thread is my tale. Since there has been quite a bit of hangar building chatter on this site recently my intent is to hopefully help anyone who might be considering building a hangar.
First paperwork: I needed an airport lease, easy peasy, the airport handled that, and it was easily approved by the airport board.
No building permit was needed because the lot I chose is in the county not the city. As I was building on a federally funded airport, their land-their rules, I get it; I needed to do an environmental assessment, FSDO was great and sent me a completed sample, it took me about an hour to complete. Same with Airspace encroachment permit, done in an hour. Approval came from the FSDO contact in about 3 days. The FSDO lady was very specific to do it all electronically, if I tried to do it via mail it could take months she warned.
Enough typing for this item, here's what I started with. A corner lot without other hangars around that could block the taxiways between me and the runway.
I would like to get a second plane, more of a traveler. But before I get one, I needed a home for it, so I decided to build a new hangar. Spoiler alert, I have now spent all of my new plane money on the new hangar, so the new plane is pushed into the future. I like wood more than metal for its feel of warmth and because I can do some of the work on it myself so that is what I build. The age-old debate of size has been beat to death here but suffice it to say I decided on 60x60. I wanted a 14 clear opening so that it would sell easier in the distant future to someone who might want to store an RV in it, and RVs max out at about 14', so it got a 14' clear opening door-that mandated 16' walls. Door width is 48' because I wanted a pedestrian door on the gable end so that snow run off from the roof didn't block the door. Also, door prices raise exponentially above 48'.Helena Regional Airport administration was great to work with. They opened up a new area a few years ago for new GA hangars and were excited to have me build. I basically had my pick of locations. They were also a great help sending me samples of FAA forms that basically all I had to do with change some minor details on.I acted as general contractor, which means to me I really did very little work, other that paperwork, paying bills and coordinating contractors.This thread is my tale. Since there has been quite a bit of hangar building chatter on this site recently my intent is to hopefully help anyone who might be considering building a hangar.First paperwork: I needed an airport lease, easy peasy, the airport handled that, and it was easily approved by the airport board.No building permit was needed because the lot I chose is in the county not the city. As I was building on a federally funded airport, their land-their rules, I get it; I needed to do an environmental assessment, FSDO was great and sent me a completed sample, it took me about an hour to complete. Same with Airspace encroachment permit, done in an hour. Approval came from the FSDO contact in about 3 days. The FSDO lady was very specific to do it all electronically, if I tried to do it via mail it could take months she warned.Enough typing for this item, here's what I started with. A corner lot without other hangars around that could block the taxiways between me and the runway.
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