House under construction on plans with laptop

I had to decide to build a house of buy an existing house. I decided to build.  I sketched a rough draft of what I wanted and hired a draftsman to draw up the plans.  I then took the plans to general contractors for bid.  We took the lowest bid and started building.  After surviving the construction I swore to never do it again.  It is far better to buy something that is built so you can see how big it really is.  The home I built was OK but it wasn’t worth the effort.  It took 6 months and it seamed like forever.  Luke Weil did the same thing and he liked it. To each their own.