Originally Posted by
Bocajnala
I hope so. We have a pretty small 3 bedroom house on a couple acres in the country. Our plan all along was to either buy somewhere else with more land or stay here and build onto it this year.... Well, the housing prices in this area have exploded and so has the cost to build. So we decided to put it off until the market looks a little better for us.
Then we added her cousin. So now there's 6 of us in this 1200 square feet. I keep reminding myself that my grandparents all had 8 or more siblings each and grew up in smaller houses than I've got now.
But it's tight. We're adjusting and figuring it out.
-Jake
Do you have any localized saw mills in your area? I know here I can get rough cut lumber right off a saw mill a lot cheaper then buying it from any outlet. Those big stores and the guys on top controlling wood prices has put everyone over the barrel.. It’s hard for contractors as well when trying to bid on a job because the prices keep changing constantly. But if you shop around those back yard saw mills you can be surprised at what you find out. That can cut costs and then look into camp grade lumber for the finishing work on the inside. I just thought I would toss that out there in case you decide to add anything on..