Cost to Build a House in Edina (2026)
Last updated July 2026 · Planning estimates · Part of our Minnesota cost-to-build guide
That profile drives the budget math more than construction pricing does: labor and materials are similar across the metro, but how you get the land, and what kind of home the neighborhood supports, are local questions.
Edina Price per Square Foot (2026)
| Build type | Cost / sq ft | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Production / community build | $230–$300 | Set plans in builder-developed communities; lot often bundled. |
| Semi-custom | $250–$400 | Builder plans with structural and finish modifications. |
| Custom | $300–$450 | From-scratch design on your lot; architect or design-build. |
| Luxury custom | $450–$700 | Premium materials, complex architecture, high-touch process. |
| Ultra-luxury / estate | $700–$1,000+ | Lakefront and estate work; effectively uncapped at the top. |
Construction cost only; land, acquisition/demolition, and financing are additional. Full metro tables (all build types, cost by size) are in the statewide guide.
What Moves the Budget in Edina
Acquisition can be the budget. Where a lot in Edina already has a house on it, that house is part of the purchase. Demolition typically adds $25K–$60K, and the acquisition itself is priced on land value, which is why teardown candidates and finished-new-home prices track each other closely here.
Neighborhood context. Established streets mean tree preservation, stormwater rules, and in some areas design review. Builders who work Edina regularly price these in up front rather than as change orders.
What Edina Actually Charges: Permit, Plan Review and Water Access
Cost-per-square-foot models leave these out, and they are the part of a build budget a city sets by ordinance rather than a builder setting by quote. Below is Edina's own schedule, transcribed from the document the city publishes, with the date printed on that document.
Transcribed from Edina’s own published fee schedule. Figures are reproduced as printed — including the source’s own typography — and no fee is calculated here: permit fees are valuation-bracket tables, and the valuation is the city’s to set. Take these to the city and confirm before you budget from them.
Building permit fee
Sec. 2-724, Schedule A -- Chapter 10, Sec. 10-74 "Building Permit" "If total valuation of work is:" / "Then amount is:" $1.00 to $500.00 -- $34.85 $501.00 to $2,000.00 -- $34.85 *For first $500.00, plus $3.90 for each additional $100.00 or fraction thereof to and including $2,000.00 $2,001.00 to $25,000.00 -- $93.35 *For first $2,000.00, plus $18.05 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof to and including $25,000.00 $25,001.00 to $50,000.00 -- $508.50 *For first $25,000.00, plus $12.80 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof to and including $50,000.00 $50,001.00 to $100,000.00 -- $828.50 *For first $50,000.00, plus $9.35 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof to and including $100,000.00 $100,001.00 to $500,000.00 -- $1,296.00 *For first $100,000.00, plus $7.00 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof to and including $500,000.00 $500,001.00 to $1,000,000.00 -- $4,096.00 *For the first $500,000.00, plus $6.10 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof to and including $1,000,000.00 $1,000,001.00 and up -- $7,146.00 *For the first $1,000,000.00, plus $4.70 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof Also in the same block: "New single-family dwellings valued at $350,000.00 or less | $0.00 | Wave building permit and plan review fee for affordable single-family home"; "Pre pay electronic application fee | 0.50% | Application fee .50% of the value of the project"
Source document · Date printed on the source: Edina City Code Sec. 2-724 Schedule A; codified through Ord. No. 2025-19, enacted 12-16-2025 (Supp. No. 15, Update 3); Schedule A history note ends 'Ord. No. 2025-16, Sec. 1, 12-16-2025' · Retrieved 2026-08-06
Plan review fee
Row directly under the building permit table in Schedule A: "Plan review | 65% of permit fee".
Source document · Date printed on the source: Edina City Code Sec. 2-724 Schedule A; codified through Ord. No. 2025-19, enacted 12-16-2025 (Supp. No. 15, Update 3); Schedule A history note ends 'Ord. No. 2025-16, Sec. 1, 12-16-2025' · Retrieved 2026-08-06
Water access charge — Edina calls it the “Water connection charge per REC unit”
Levied: per REC unit, multiplied by number of SAC units (single-family home = 1 SAC unit)
Schedule A, Chapter 28, Sec. 28-143 "Charge for connection to city water or sewer system": "$3,331.72 | Water connection charge per REC unit x number of SAC units"; "$2,665.38 | Water connection charge per REC unit x number of SAC units with 20% reduction with city approval"; "$2,498.79 | Water connection charge per REC unit x number of SAC units with 25% reduction with city approval".
Source document · Date printed on the source: Edina City Code Sec. 2-724 Schedule A; codified through Ord. No. 2025-19, enacted 12-16-2025 (Supp. No. 15, Update 3); Schedule A history note ends 'Ord. No. 2025-16, Sec. 1, 12-16-2025' · Retrieved 2026-08-06
Research notes for Edina (1)
- Edina does not publish a standalone annual fee-schedule PDF; its fee schedule is codified as City Code Sec. 2-724, Schedule A, amended each December (Ord. 2025-16, 12-16-2025). State surcharge is NOT given as a number: Code Sec. 10-74 and 10-78 say the surcharge is "in accordance with / in the amount set forth in Minn. Stats. Sec. 326B.148" (statutory, no local figure). A separate $5.00 local surcharge exists only for residential contractor license verification (Sec. 10-79, per Minn. Stats. Sec. 326.86). CAVEAT: Edina adopted Ordinance 2026-06 in 2026 amending Chapter 2/Schedule A for residential water USAGE tiers (city Utility Rates page effective 5/1/2026 shows tiers not yet in the codified Schedule A). No evidence it touched the Sec. 28-143 connection charge or the Sec. 10-74 permit table, but the text of Ord. 2026-06 (https://www.edinamn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/18933) could not be parsed, so a small residual risk remains that the WAC changed mid-2026. Excluded per instructions: Met Council SAC (Sec. 28-112), park dedication, and the sewer connection charge ($3,235.20/REC). library.municode.com returns 403 to plain fetchers; content was retrieved via Municode's own API / a real browser session.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does it cost per square foot to build in Edina?
Construction pricing in Edina follows metro norms: roughly $230–$300/sq ft for production homes, $250–$400 for semi-custom, and $300–$450+ for custom work. What separates Edina from other cities is the land side: Affluent, built-out — new construction is almost entirely teardown-and-rebuild of luxury customs. The historic Country Club District carries design and character constraints.
What's the realistic total budget for a new home in Edina?
Where a Edina project starts by taking a house down, total budgets stack acquisition + demolition + construction. With construction alone running $540K–$810K for even a modest 1,800 sq ft custom home, all-in budgets here commonly run seven figures.
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