So we are looking to build a new home. We built one about ten years ago and only planned to live here for about 5 but the mortgage collapse kept us here a little longer and we also were young and rushed last time.

We are seriously considering buying land and having a custom home built instead of going with a builder in a community.

Anyone go this route themselves? In Central Ohio. Dyanni, Schumacher and Wayne Homes seem to be popular. We are looking to be between 300-400k. Also any recommendations for companies who build custom in Central Ohio would be welcomed.

300-400 thousand is very high end on those isn't it? I thought they topped out around $300,000 but haven't looked at them in a while

Ironman92;1675097 wrote:300-400 thousand is very high end on those isn't it? I thought they topped out around $300,000 but haven't looked at them in a while

That would include land as well

Rent. All of the benefits, none of the negatives.

I have no recommendations for you since I'm not in that area...but hat's off to you. I would never be able to deal with my wife with all of the decisions that are needed to build a custom home.

We are redoing our basement, and she spent an hour at the tile store today trying to choose between two tiles that looked the exact same. Trying to built something from the ground up would be a fucking nightmare.

Both my daughters built in the Springfield area and used Schumacher and were happy (well as happy as impatient women can be) with the finished product.

We plan on going the same route on our next house, hopefully within the next 5 years. I've already started looking for land, if I find the perfect piece and we can afford it now we would likely buy it now and start paying it off. Our plan is to build a smaller (1200-1500 sq ft) custom home, luckily we generally have the same taste in fixtures so it shouldn't be too big of a problem picking stuff out.

justincredible;1675243 wrote:We plan on going the same route on our next house, hopefully within the next 5 years. I've already started looking for land, if I find the perfect piece and we can afford it now we would likely buy it now and start paying it off. ....

This is awesome. It's exactly the route we took. Bought a lot with cash and slowly built our home exactly as we wanted it.

Doesn't sound like money is an issue for pmoney, so this advise is for everyone else thinking of building with an actual budget. Don't skimp on the structural things. Get a full poured basement with 8 or 9 ft walls. Get the 2x6 exterior walls. Etc. You can't change those things later. You can change carpet, fixtures etc.

We built with a local custom builder.

My only advice would be to meet with multiple builders and get a feel for how they do things and how easy they are to work with. Ours did a great job, but we butted heads a lot and from talking to friends who built with others, they had an easier time. I wouldn't recommend ours even though he did a good job with the worksmanship.

As Webfire said, we did 9ft ceilings in the basement and 2x6 exterior walls.. the cost isnt that much greater and the added insulation for a 2x6 pays for itself immediately. We're at ~2400sq ft and havent had an electric bill over $50 and a gas bill over $35 yet.

inb4609 tells every1 about the house he just built.


Yes it has A/C.