[liberalh8ter]

Talk with the builders in your area - and I mean as many as you can - before you even list your home. Go over all the details you expect and get your price.....do the math (figure out the square footage price you’re to be charged). My husband and I were going to build new on a piece of property we had. What we found was that it appeared the builders in our area were apparently attempting to recoup their losses from 2008 and the square footage price they were attempting to extort from us was ridiculous. This scenario was repeated over and over again. In the end, we sold the property and moved into an existing home in an area we had always dreamed of living. Faced with spending an exorbitant amount we would be upside down in, we spent much less on an existing home, made our upgrades and are living our dream!

[moovova]

“What we found was that it appeared the builders in our area were apparently attempting to recoup their losses from 2008 and the square footage price they were attempting to extort from us was ridiculous.”

Same thing we’re going thru. May wind up selling our “dream” waterfront lot. I could build it but getting too old. That goes for subcontracting it out too...acting as contractor myself. Just too many other things we want to do. Existing home prices per square foot are much lower in the same area.