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Brilliant_Rock
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Has anyone ever built a home before and want to share experiences??
DH and I are looking for a new house. We're currently renting after not being able to decide where we wanted to live. But we'd really like to move in the next year or so to be in a better neighborhood for our son to play outside once he gets mobile.
The neighborhood we picked is really nice. The location is perfect and it has great schools. It has walking paths going around. There are several houses for sale in our price range. None are perfect, but they are all nice. They are mostly between 15-20 years old, but the owners have kept them up really well and updated them. But some of the updates aren't really my taste.
There is one lot left in the neighborhood of a few hundred houses. It's a nice lot - it slopes down to a wooded area in back good for a walk-out basement. We actually already know some of the neighbors on the street and there are a lot of young kids. But we would have to build a house.
I am kind of excited about the idea. I have particular taste and would welcome the chance to pick everything! But I've heard people say it's really stressful and maybe it wouldn't be as fun once I got past picking the floors and the cabinets or whatever. And DH thinks that the resale wouldn't be as good. The pricing would be about the same - maybe $5-10k more - but would not include a finished basement like some of the houses we are looking at. We could always do that in a few years though.
One other resale consideration is that our house would obviously be the newest in the large neighborhood. Plus, the houses directly around it are more expensive than the house we would plan. I think those things would be an advantage.
DH and I are looking for a new house. We're currently renting after not being able to decide where we wanted to live. But we'd really like to move in the next year or so to be in a better neighborhood for our son to play outside once he gets mobile.
The neighborhood we picked is really nice. The location is perfect and it has great schools. It has walking paths going around. There are several houses for sale in our price range. None are perfect, but they are all nice. They are mostly between 15-20 years old, but the owners have kept them up really well and updated them. But some of the updates aren't really my taste.
There is one lot left in the neighborhood of a few hundred houses. It's a nice lot - it slopes down to a wooded area in back good for a walk-out basement. We actually already know some of the neighbors on the street and there are a lot of young kids. But we would have to build a house.
I am kind of excited about the idea. I have particular taste and would welcome the chance to pick everything! But I've heard people say it's really stressful and maybe it wouldn't be as fun once I got past picking the floors and the cabinets or whatever. And DH thinks that the resale wouldn't be as good. The pricing would be about the same - maybe $5-10k more - but would not include a finished basement like some of the houses we are looking at. We could always do that in a few years though.
One other resale consideration is that our house would obviously be the newest in the large neighborhood. Plus, the houses directly around it are more expensive than the house we would plan. I think those things would be an advantage.