KB / Santa Barbara planning reference

Santa Barbara cost guide

An editable owner-assumption model, not a Santa Barbara market quote. Separate construction, selection upgrades, soft costs and contingency so the arithmetic can be examined before bids arrive.

Regional planning reference by KB Remodeling. Project location and licensed scope are reviewed before any service is accepted; this resource does not establish a Santa Barbara office or local project history.

Owner-assumption worksheet

Project scopePlans

Construction basis

Area × your rateYour direct allowance

Optional area (sq ft)Your assumed USD / sq ftYour complexity addition (%)Additional selections (USD)Your soft-cost allowance (%)Your contingency (%)

USD uses decimal points. Blank means unknown; enter 0 explicitly when an addition is zero. No regional rates or fees are supplied. Percentages are 0–100; area is at most 100,000 sq ft.

Exclusions / unpriced items (not saved)

Your scenario

Editable assumptions, not a bid or market estimate. Scope and plan choices describe this scenario; they do not apply hidden price factors.

Construction base: Unpriced
Complexity addition: Unpriced
Additional selections: Unpriced
Hard-cost subtotal: Unpriced
Soft costs: Unpriced
Contingency: Unpriced
Scenario total: Unpriced

Itemized formulas

Base = area × entered rate, OR direct allowance. Complexity = base × entered %. Hard costs = base + complexity + additional selections. Soft costs = hard costs × entered %. Contingency = hard costs × entered %. Total = hard costs + soft costs + contingency. Each result rounds to cents.

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01 / PLANNING NOTES

Choose one basis for construction.

Use area multiplied by your assumed rate OR one direct construction allowance, never both. A room update may suit a direct allowance; a larger renovation, new home or ADU may use area only if the scope behind the rate is clearly defined. Complexity is your additional percentage, not a local multiplier supplied by KB.

Does the base include foundation, demolition, site work and systems?
Are selections already included in the base or truly additional?

02 / PLANNING NOTES

An unknown is not zero.

Leave unpriced items blank; the model withholds a complete total until every formula input is explicit. Fees, surveys, professional design, financing, temporary housing, furniture, landscape and utility charges may need separate allowances. No local fees are embedded here. Record an exclusion before comparing the result with a proposal.

Which allowances overlap and which are missing?
Which amounts need a written supplier, designer or agency answer?

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