Thinking about building a home...

[juliahenry]

Hi. I hope this isn't the wrong place for questions like this, but I have home/house issues and would love some advice

We're thinking about building a home because we can't find anything that will work for us in our neighborhood of choice and there are some lots available.

Have you built a home? If so, where did you find plans and how did you choose? We have a good contractor that we would use, but other than that, I'm feeling completely overwhelmed. 

Do you have any advice? Would you do it again? Was it worth it?
thanks for any answers!

[SusanBAnthony]

For us, it would not be worth it right now. Due to the recession, we an buy a newer house for much cheaper than it would cost to build new. Now, that is totally market dependent. I would want to be darn sure I was never moving before I built a house, so it is out for us for that reason as well.

Good luck!