One of the first steps we take when researching home construction or home improvement projects is figuring out the different options available and researching the costs of those options.
There are cost guides available at various sites online. While I can't say how these online guides work for other trades, they are not an accurate predictor of cost for concrete, or even for products that are considered concrete competition, like asphalt, pavers, or natural stone.
Part of these inaccuracies start with pricing of concrete as a material. Several online guides list the cost of a cubic yard of concrete between $90 and $100. This pricing isn’t even close. A more accurate estimate would be in the $150 to $175 /cubic yard range…. and that's for contractor pricing.
Pricing also depends on the number of qualified contractors in an area, supply versus demand, the area of country you live in, and the quality of the work that you receive. Quality work always costs more than substandard work.
One site I found online stated the average cost of stamped concrete is $8 to $28 a square foot. Really? How is this even an average? The high end is more than three times the lower end. That’s not a very helpful pricing guide for a homeowner. I can tell you that pricing in our area is closer to the middle of this range than either end. Even then, there’s still a large range, and many factors are involved in that price. Please see our Concrete Cost and Economics of Scale blog topics for more info on those factors.
In my opinion, the best place to look for pricing is not some online guide that you find but rather from a friend or neighbor that had similar work done recently or in an online forum. Forums like Reddit or Quora provide a much more accurate idea of what the concrete will cost for you to do. If that price works for your budget, get at least three estimates from experienced contractors and make your choice from there.
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