Just built a house.

What specificity you want to know?

I was general contractor... Hired a builder to frame form and trim out.
I hired rest of my subs.
Flooring
Elect
Roofers
Plumbers
Painters
Sheetrock
Concrete
Landscaping
Bricks
Stucco
Cabinets
Countertops granite

Started in first of June and moved in oct 10.
Went smoothly... I stayed on budget for the most part.

Bought all my appliances from lowes.
Got best they had of everything for 9k, wash dryer, double oven, gas range and fridge ...
Splurged on couple things .
Kitchen sink wife wanted was over 2k... Bought a custom farm house dining room table.

We did stained scored concrete and porcelain wood grain floors throughout... Look great.

Did a custom doorless shower in master bath.

Like i said our house went great.
It's 4500 sq ft / 3300 heated and I'm in for 350.
I saved 40-50k doing gen contracting and shopping around.
Luckily I had time to devote to it... Most people don't.

We went online and used Michael Campbell designs for plans and yes ...houzz app is very helpful.

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Posted by saderade

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Member since Jul 2005

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Posted on 12/18/14 at 12:43 pm to TIGRLEE

That damn Houzz app can be extremely dangerous if your wife gets a hold of it. I'm almost finished my house and it has been a very long and tedious 2 year process (from the start of looking at plans). I really just want it to be over with at this point. There is a lot of great information already posted in this thread

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Posted by Powerman

Member since Jan 2004

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Posted on 12/18/14 at 1:02 pm to TIGRLEE

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What specificity you want to know?

I suppose I'm just looking to see some potential pitfalls of mistakes to avoid during the process that could be very costly.

I'm not looking for a particularly large house as it's just going to be me living there. The places I'm looking at are 3BR and about 1800 sq ft

I'm more interested in the quality than the size. He claims he can build me a place with really nice finishings in the 235 range. I'm willing to spend up to 260K but I'm not about to advertise that.