Honest question for people. Is it really that hard to find an existing home that

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Jan 24, 2020
9:32:55am

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meets your needs? Why the need to build?

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Jeff Spicoli

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Building a house sucks, just don't do it. Our house is 6 months behind

Windward_Coug

1/24/20 8:00am

Alternatively, choose your builder wisely (and check into his track record and

BoiseBlueCoug

1/24/20 8:04am

Yes in our case we got what we paid for, a more affordable builder but terrible

Windward_Coug

1/24/20 8:07am

Who is the builder?

TNT

1/24/20 8:04am

I don't live in Zion so nobody would know about them here.

Windward_Coug

1/24/20 8:08am

That’s very indie of you

maxpowers

1/24/20 8:08am

RE: Building a house sucks, just don't do it. Our house is 6 months behind

TXJason

1/24/20 8:05am

This is the worst market to build a home in. All subs are so busy that you’re going to wait. Build when there’s

Pimpin4Paradise

1/24/20 8:15am

This is exactly what I just went through. They got greedy/lazy with jobs.

Iki_Balam

1/25/20 10:52pm

My custom home builder built my home in literally 3 months from start to finish last spring.

RdF3

1/24/20 8:17am

That's insanely fast. Ours was more like 10 months.

David Lo Pan

1/24/20 8:21am

Yeah but this is CB. TNT can only assume your home was like 6000+ sq ft?

TNT

1/24/20 8:28am

7000, but who's counting

David Lo Pan

1/24/20 8:37am

Plus the next 2 years if finding all the mistakes from the build.

Klompus

1/24/20 8:18am

That's rough. Our building experience taught us that reputation is everything.

David Lo Pan

1/24/20 8:20am

I have a contrarian viewpoint. Having spec built over 100 homes, mostly in

grandpacoug

1/24/20 8:24am

Put everything in writing before you move in...

ocho quatro

1/24/20 8:27am

There's no way in hades I'm approving the last draw till every single thing is

Windward_Coug

1/24/20 8:36am

Maybe even 2nd to last draw, parcel it out

VballDad

1/24/20 9:33pm

We have built two houses. Both finished six months late.

Banjo Blues

1/24/20 8:42am

I'm shocked you built another after the first. It just sucks feeling like you're

Windward_Coug

1/24/20 8:46am

I agree. We didn’t mean to. But we moved to a different state

Banjo Blues

1/24/20 8:48am

GC it yourself if you're capable...

CoachSpeak

1/24/20 8:58am

first world problems. Remember that. The alternative is buying an older house

buckeyecougarguy

1/24/20 9:14am

You are brave to move in before it’s finished. Your builder is going to love it

USMCdad

1/24/20 9:18am

Seems like the service fits the cost

DKN

1/24/20 9:20am

Half the price, double the time. Sounds about right...

ocho quatro

1/24/20 9:26am

Yup, learned a lot of valuable life lessons. I definitely got what I paid for,

Windward_Coug

1/24/20 9:48am

That is ridiculous.

ocho quatro

1/24/20 10:03am

Does that price/sq foot include the price of the land or is that just for the

David Lo Pan

1/24/20 12:25pm

Just for the build, yes they want a million dollars for a 3,000 sq/ft house.

Windward_Coug

1/24/20 1:42pm

That is really expensive. Our build prices around Phoenix are generally $130-200

David Lo Pan

1/24/20 2:25pm

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RdF3

1/24/20 12:29pm

Honest question for people. Is it really that hard to find an existing home that

Jeff Spicoli

1/24/20 9:32am

Home builders are incredibly stupid when it comes to functionality and

Mitty

1/24/20 10:07am

Your last paragraph couldn't be more true.

Blue Golfer

1/24/20 10:37am

Most lot sizes here you can’t avoid it, so go three car it looks great

USMCdad

1/24/20 10:55am

Even if the lot is small and the garage must face forward, there is a lot you

Mitty

1/24/20 12:14pm

Driveways are expensive, cheaper for tracts

VballDad

1/24/20 9:35pm

It's less about needs and more about wants

David Lo Pan

1/24/20 12:32pm

Praise heaven you built the garage doors on the side. God bless you.

Mitty

1/24/20 12:37pm

Ha, my wife was very involved on the aesthetics and knocked it out of the park.

David Lo Pan

1/24/20 12:40pm

If we ever do it again (that's a BIG IF), I've decided we'll sandbag everything

m0resn0w

1/24/20 10:14am

We had bought 10 acres and planned to build on it, but then my wife accepted a

dYrtbYkerYder

1/24/20 11:18am

Most in the home construction business believe it is okay to lie about

Rocketman

1/24/20 12:53pm

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