CA for future home builder/owner

[tlmarcott]

Absolutely! In 2007 I started the designing. In 2008, I built. My final plans were developed by a lumber yard who would provide drawings for free if you bought lumber from them. I'm an engineer by trade so I felt my drawings made sense. They were invaluable for iterations and space optimization with my wife. If you look at the detail that some provide on these forums the lumber yard fell short so watch it. Example - wall details. I made up for a lot of was not on drawings with a 16 page spec. The loan was on me but I paid my trim guy/GC to run the project for 8% of total cost. 5466 sf 2 story with 1900 sf of the basement finished.