Michael, I suspect that New York costs, and North Carolina costs, for a similar sized project would not be very comparable. Ironically, here in the carolina's, especially Fayetteville, where things are generally cheaper than up north (the Adirondack's, right Chris?) I think we would pay about a 10-20% premium on building materials, because of all the new home construction in Cumberland county and surrounding areas. In northern New York, new homes are the rare item, new snow-plows for your 4X4 truck, OTOH....