OverviewUse the Additions screen to enter the costs for any items that are not available in Residential Estimator. You can also use additions to enter comments about the building that print under a Construction System in the report. The fields on this screen are: |
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Select one of the following addition types, which indicates where to print the addition in the report:
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Basic |
Basic Structure Cost |
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Basement |
Basements |
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Garage |
Garages & Carports |
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Extra |
Extras (Porches, Decks, Breezeways, etc.) |
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Depr |
Depreciation (prints as negative) |
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Misc |
Miscellaneous (below Depreciated Cost) |
Enter a description for the addition that prints in the report. You can use up to 30 characters including spaces.
You can also use this column to enter a comment that prints in the body of the report (if you do not enter a cost in the cost column or units in the units column).
Use the Number of Units and Cost fields to enter costs as follows:
To have both the Number of Units and a Unit Cost print in the report, make entries in both columns. Residential Estimator calculates the addition’s total cost as the Number of Units times the Unit Cost.
To have only the Total Cost print in the report, enter the Total Cost in the Cost column and leave the Number of Units column blank.
To have the addition print as a comment with no costs, leave both these columns blank.
Example: The following illustrates these three types of additions:
Units Cost Total
Add with Units & Unit Cost 100 12.55 1,255
Add as Comment Only
Add with Total Cost Only 1,450
Use these fields to individually depreciate the addition. You can depreciate an addition in three different ways:
Residence Depreciation: Residential Estimator automatically depreciates an addition using the depreciation percentage set on the Depreciation screen if both of the following occur:
The addition type is one of the following: Basic, Basement, Garage or Extra.
You do not individually depreciate the addition using one of the other methods.
Depreciation Percentage: Enter a depreciation percentage to depreciate the addition using this percentage.
Age/Life (Straight Line): Enter an Effective Age and a Typical Life to depreciate the addition using age/life depreciation. Residential Estimator calculates the addition's depreciation percentage as the Effective Age divided by the Typical Life.
Example: If the Effective Age is 10 years and the Typical Life is 50, the addition's depreciation percentage is calculated as 20%.
These three options for additions allow you to enter costs from the Residential Cost Handbook as follows:
Local Multiplier: Select this check box to apply the local multiplier to the addition’s cost. The costs in the Residential Cost Handbook are National Average costs. You must apply the Local Multiplier to adjust the cost to the local area.
Trend: Select this check box to trend the addition’s cost from its base date to the report date.
Base Date: Enter the date on the Residential Cost Handbook page containing the cost as the Base Date. When you select the Trend option and set the Base Date, Residential Estimator adjusts the cost from this date to the report date.
You can also use the Trend option and Base Date to adjust a cost from another source. Select the Trend option, and enter the date of the cost as the Base Date. This is useful in the following cases:
If the cost is as of a date other than the report date.
If you will be recalculating the estimate at a later date and want the Residential Estimator to automatically update the addition’s cost.
Note: If you select the Trend option, but do not enter a Base Date, Residential Estimator uses the Base Date from the Cost Adjustments screen as the Base Date for the addition.
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