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Sure, but that's going to cost a lot more, as it is now a "custom home". Economies of scale apply strongly to houses.
by pxeboot 9y ago
Sure, but that's going to cost a lot more, as it is now a "custom home". Economies of scale apply strongly to houses.
- thriftwy 9y agoHow much more? Is it $300,000 versus $200,000? But now you still get an affordable house that you wanted. I don't think economies of scale rule in house building. I can see how you would out-compete mass production because you a) care, b) pay attention.
- Empact 9y agoNot necessarily the case - my sister just had a home built on land in Dallas and the cost was not much more than new home cost ($129/living sq ft), before that my father built the home we grew up in nearby himself. There's a reason Dallas, Houston, and Austin are at the top of the new home construction numbers - low regulatory overhead make every scale of home building manageable, including self-starting new home construction. Meanwhile the benchmark for new construction starts in SF is 3-5 years just to navigate the intial regulatory approval for construction. Try navigating that as an individual just trying to get a home built for yourself. It's basically impossible.
- matwood 9y agoNot necessarily. There are a range of builders between fully custom and track. There are at least 5 builders in my area that have a sets of plans that you can tweak and then get built.