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<blockquote data-quote="halcat" data-source="post: 643470" data-attributes="member: 2295"><p>I have built a lot of homes and like jccarter1 said about subs gouging you on their price because they will never work for you again. I've bid homes and the owners said "that's to much I'll do it my self, you know any good subs". they use my subs, the subs charge him half again as much as me and two years later he finishes his home. He said he saved 50 grand. Now 50 grand is a lot of money, I did NOT have 50 grand to my part figured in, but he quit his job to do this and probally could have made that much at work and let me built his home and been in sooner and been the same money in the end. This is just one occasion. There had been a lot of people who have done this successfully, but also a lot of bad stories. listen to this, their is a lot of people on this thread that have good advice and a lot that will comment on things that are important to them but are not really that important to the total project. If you do this yourself, hire a good contractor for an afternoon to help you position your house correctly on your land. Get the foundation the right height for drainage, rotate the house correctly off the property lines, other houses, so the appearances looks natural. I can spot every house in every neighborhood that there was not a reputable builder involved in this. You will not want to go home every night after work for the next 30 years to a house that sticks out like a sore thumb and squeegee the water out of the garage after a rain. If you get this done, no matter how much you have in it or how long it takes. You'll like it in the end. One more thing, no matter how much something costs, if you like it, you will eventually forget the price.............no matter how good of a deal you get and not like it at the end....you will NEVER be satisfied with the product. My .02, good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="halcat, post: 643470, member: 2295"] I have built a lot of homes and like jccarter1 said about subs gouging you on their price because they will never work for you again. I've bid homes and the owners said "that's to much I'll do it my self, you know any good subs". they use my subs, the subs charge him half again as much as me and two years later he finishes his home. He said he saved 50 grand. Now 50 grand is a lot of money, I did NOT have 50 grand to my part figured in, but he quit his job to do this and probally could have made that much at work and let me built his home and been in sooner and been the same money in the end. This is just one occasion. There had been a lot of people who have done this successfully, but also a lot of bad stories. listen to this, their is a lot of people on this thread that have good advice and a lot that will comment on things that are important to them but are not really that important to the total project. If you do this yourself, hire a good contractor for an afternoon to help you position your house correctly on your land. Get the foundation the right height for drainage, rotate the house correctly off the property lines, other houses, so the appearances looks natural. I can spot every house in every neighborhood that there was not a reputable builder involved in this. You will not want to go home every night after work for the next 30 years to a house that sticks out like a sore thumb and squeegee the water out of the garage after a rain. If you get this done, no matter how much you have in it or how long it takes. You'll like it in the end. One more thing, no matter how much something costs, if you like it, you will eventually forget the price.............no matter how good of a deal you get and not like it at the end....you will NEVER be satisfied with the product. My .02, good luck. [/QUOTE]
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