Many of the people surfing the web looking for house plans are considering building a cutom home. There are some pitfalls to watch out for in such an enterprise. This Consumer Reports article from last year highlights a number of the potential problems: "In Oregon, a family built a semicustom home for $66,000 on a lot they owned only to discover mold in the walls four months later. Home buyers in Newark, N.J., found crumbling concrete, falling bricks, and flooded basements within months of moving into a recently built condominium complex. An Oklahoma couple says they face $60,000 in foundation and roof repairs for a house they bought new three years ago for $127,000." It goes on to explain what to watch out for when building a custom home. Definitely worth looking into if you are thinking of going down that road yourself.
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