We provided a cost estimate for this home. After we provided our estimate for cost of construction, a builder gave them his estimate. His was almost 300K more that what we estimated… but the catch was that this couple had bought the property with the builder attached. They had to use the builder and in the time between when they had signed the contract and when they had finally settled on a design, the property had more than doubled in value. Lesson is, always try to buy a property without a builder attached. Always price check your builder and be ready to walk away unless you can’t live without the property and have your plans pretty much ready to go when negotiating the property so the builder can bid your home as part of the process.
