Depends.

I've built for a lot less... depending on whether its a kit that I want to build or not. For me, building is a relaxation and a change of pace after a day of bashing a keyboard at the office, so I will often take on kits for the enjoyment of it rather than for profit.

The first kit I ever got paid for building was a Giant Scale Ohio Ultimate. I charged the guy $100, and that only was about 7 years ago. After that, a Midwest Pitts for $75, an Ultrasport 40 for $50, and so on. Hey - hang on a minute - those prices are on a downward spiral - gotta do something about that !!

However, I will only build for people whose skills I know (last thing I need is someone dumb-thumbing their airplane and then claiming that the problem was a builder error!), and I point blank refuse to ever commit to a completion date (coz of that thing called a day job).

Despite this I seem to have plenty to build. Right now there's a BVM Mig 15 on my building board (now THAT's an entertaining build!), my 4th Bobcat waiting in the wings, a BVM T33 also waiting, plus two Super Bandits whenever BV releases the kits, then a Don's Hobby Shop 120" Cessna 152 to finish (ugh - after being spoiled by BV quality, the Cessna kinda sucks !).

If you can find someone who enjoys building, the price may well be quite low.

Later,
Gordon