Anyone here ever had a house built?

[madmax]

Originally posted by cashmoney
So I'm thinking about building a house within a year. One of my roomates just started his house that he's building and for him it's a pain in the ass. I want to know, for those of you that have your own house, would you reccommend building over buying anyday? Or was building just too much of a hassel? I'm trying to decide whether or not it'd be better to build one or just buy one. Can anyone here give some input on building a house?

Each time you move you are going to have to pay closing costs, moving expenses and and tax on the appreciation except a one time 140k exemption. Take your time and decide what you want and make the right decision the first time out.

There are pluses and minuses to both. Simply buying an existing house is easy. Building from a production builder is fairly easy also. The major production builders around the country are DR Horton, Pulte, Toll, Ryan, Hovnanian, Lennar and many others. They build track housing and your options are limited but you still get to build your own house from scratch. Building a custom house gets more difficult. A custom house costs significantly more than a production house. If you have any specific questions pm me.