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automaton 3 · 12-11-2008, 08:01 PM

I wouldn't commit now. Try to sell your own home first.

If you are successful in selling your house in the spring, you can then go the custom route, or the builders will have a few spec homes on inventory in that area that you could buy and move into on a relatively short timeline. You might be able to choose finishing, colours, floor coverings ect. Not quite the same as custom building a home and getting to choose everything, but it will save the sleepless nights and the potential for having to figure out how to carry 2 mortgages if your existing home doesn't sell easily.

12-11-2008, 08:01 PM	#8
automaton 3 First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lethbridge Exp:	I wouldn't commit now. Try to sell your own home first. If you are successful in selling your house in the spring, you can then go the custom route, or the builders will have a few spec homes on inventory in that area that you could buy and move into on a relatively short timeline. You might be able to choose finishing, colours, floor coverings ect. Not quite the same as custom building a home and getting to choose everything, but it will save the sleepless nights and the potential for having to figure out how to carry 2 mortgages if your existing home doesn't sell easily. Last edited by automaton 3; 12-11-2008 at 08:09 PM.