I'm thinking.. It's really really best to have a home built from the ground up, find a nice piece of land in the county and go from there, find a very good architect and a very good well known construction team.. And you will have a beautiful solid built house .. And it's not all that expensive then what people think it is
This is my future rite here.. My only reason for having a house built is kinda silly anyway. You see, I want a 2 story; 2-3 car garage with the ability to install a hydraulic lift, since those are hard to come by.. I can have 1 built for like $10k-$12k provided I have enough land.. But for all that, might as well have the house built too
Yeah...no.
Most people's pockets aren't nearly that deep, and by the time they are (if ever) you are in your 50s and on probably your third home.
To buy a plot of land, have a custom home designed and built, would cost $400-500k in the suburbs of the Twin Cities.
Sure, you can buy a brand new house in a new development (the kind of deal where there are 6-7 floor plan/home style choices to pick from, from which you can then pay for additional upgrades inside, again from a list of choices) for about $225k in the outskirt suburbs, but you're going to be stuck paying an HOA an asinine monthly fee for the privilege of them telling you what you can and can't do on the home you paid for with your hard earned money, and giving them legal power to put a lien on your house. No effin' thanks.
I figure my wife and I will be buying somewhere no more than $250k, but more likely closer to $200k. No way in hell we are getting a brand new, solid built, custom designed home on a custom hand picked piece of land that's HOA/development free in anywhere remotely close to civilization for that price.