What It Actually Cost to Build a House And the Budget Mistakes We Wish We’d Avoided.

This is probably the question I get asked most often. Not what flooring we used. Not how much our house cost. Not even what paint colors are on the walls. It’s simply: “We want to build a house someday. Where do we even start???” Here’s the general order I’d recommend based on our experience.

One of the things that surprised me most during our home-building journey was how much had to happen before construction could actually begin. Here's everything you need to know before you break ground.

Before starting this process, I honestly never gave much thought to where water comes from. You turn on the faucet and water comes out. That’s about as far as my knowledge went. 😂 Here is all we learned along the way!

We didn’t build our house the “right” way—but it worked. Here’s how we managed a custom home build while working full time and doing things differently.

If I could go back and give my past self one thing during our custom home build, it wouldn’t be a bigger budget or a faster timeline. It would be this tool.

I get messages about building a home almost daily. Some version of: Where do I even start? Do I need a GC? How long does this actually take? What order does everything happen in? And every time, I think the same thing — there is no way a DM can do this topic justice. So instead of half-answers and voice notes sent at midnight, I sat down and worked weewy weewy hawd (iykyk) to put everything into one simple, no-fluff Google Doc you can actually use. This isn’t something I’m

Worth every penny, here's the bougie items you should have on your custom home wish list.

I get this question all the time —and there’s no way a DM can cover it. So I worked "weewy weewy hawd" to put everything into one simple Google Doc you can actually use. It’s the playbook we wish we had: clear steps, realistic details, and zero fluff. I am not selling this, nor do I get paid from sharing any of this information. Just passing along to the next family who is sharing our same dream, hoping it can help just 1 person. Who this is for First-time homebuilders who w