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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you won't find a perfect house WITH a custom build. Trust me, I've built two homes. No home is perfect and you always have to compromise. Even when money is not an object, there are limitations. And builders, even the great ones, aren't perfect either. There is simply a certain degree of error in home building. We live in reality, not a fantasy.

Some issues are big enough of a red flag to be worth walking away. Finding out a house regularly floods because of it's location, that it is dire need of a costly repair and the sellers will not provide a subsidy for it, etc. But it sounds like you are ready to walk the second any issue comes up. In that case, I think you may not be cut out to be a home owner because something always comes up.

Even if you found a house went zero issues, I guarantee you within a year or two of buying, something would come up and you'll be livid and talking about suing the seller or whatever. You honestly might be better off renting.

I will say one advantage to building a custom home (with the right builder) or buying a new build is that with a builders contract, as opposed to a sellers contract, there is usually a warranty period where if you find issues, you can have them remediated by the builder. This can be useful both for small things like finishes and for major issues.[/quote]

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