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Originally Posted by justjim

We built a custom Designer and moved in 19 months ago. It is not our first custom home. Bottom line-----there is no such thing as a "perfect" house-----after moving in you will always find something you would do differently. On the other hand, if I was in the market for a Premier home and was going to spend $750,000-850,000, I would like some say in its design and I think you should IMHO.

Originally Posted by e-flyer

but, the logic also applies to lower priced home owners as well, not just Premiers..... i.e. Manufactured Home Owner may feel the same if they were looking to spend $225K-300K on a Designer. they would like some say in it's design as well.

to each his own! i have watched my friends and family go through the trials and tribulations of building their custom homes and would NEVER embark on such a project myself!

my husband and i have bought a number of homes and each time we went looking we adhered to our 3D plan - death, divorce or destitution. we always purchased the house that gave us the greatest bang for our buck at the time - knowing full well that we could 'make it our own' over time.

it has worked out well for us to be able to purchase properties where others had done the work and we had only had to tweak. with each house we bought we held our open house for friends the same day we moved in, set the furniture in place and hung up our clothes and toothbrushes! easy peasy!

more power to those who have the stamina to start from the ground and go up!