From: "Ed" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Buy or Build?
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:06:02 -0600


"TKM"  wrote in message 
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> "Ed"  wrote in message 
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>> We are thinking about changing the house. We have been looking in the 
>> area we are interested and have not found the house we really like. Some 
>> of them we looked were close to what we want but there are some small 
>> thing in each that we did not like. Now we are investigating about 
>> building.
>>
>> Without having a lot yet, how can we find out if building a house cost 
>> about the same, a little more/less, or a lot more/less.? Whom should we 
>> talk to or what should we read for the estimate?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> When we looked into the buy/build situation a few years ago, the book, 
> "Houses are Designed by Geniuses and Built by Gorillas: An Insider's Guide 
> to Designing and Building a Home" by Bob Johnson was a great resource.
>
> Figuring out the cost difference is the least of your problems.
>
> TKM
>

Thanks. While I was looking for this book on Amazon, I saw "Your New House: 
The Alert Consumer's Guide to Buying and Building a Quality Home" by Alan 
and Denise Fields. I'll buy both books.

Our other option is remodeling. My wife thinks the kitchen is small which I 
don't understand. We were a family of five and my yougest left us last 
August to start her college. Now there are just 2 of us. I think she just 
need a change to keep her mind off of her freshman baby. So, we are studying 
all 3 options of remodeling, buying, and building. I am for remodeling. Of 
course just talking about these options does a wonderful job of keeping her 
mind busy :)