Low quality buildings are generally constructed to minimum code requirements often with little regard for architectural appearance or other amenities. They are built with minimum investment in mind. Little ornamentation is used and interior partitioning and finish is minimal and/or of Low quality.
In cities with strong building codes, few low-cost buildings of certain occupancy types are built because of code requirements and it is often not economical on high-priced land. In some rural communities some of the more important buildings my qualify as Low quality. The figures in the calculator costs are for the center of a range of costs of buildings in the same general category, and are not for the lowest-cost buildings that could be built.
In general, low cost dwellings are houses built to conform to a minimum building code. Substandard single-family residences which were built without any building code control are given a special classification of Cheap quality. Cheap may also be used to describe a basic shell structure which is deficient in interior finishes typical of a particular occupancy.