What’s the difference between hard costs and soft costs?

Hard costs are the physical construction — labor, materials, site work, and systems. Soft costs are everything else: design and engineering fees, permits, legal, insurance, financing, and project management. Both belong in your budget; soft costs often run 15–30%+ of hard costs and are easy to underestimate.

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