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raccoon

(32,404 posts) Tue Dec 13, 2016, 06:53 PM Dec 2016

Did you have your house built so you could have it just the way [View all]

you wanted it? X bedrooms, x bathrooms, screened porch, walk in shower,
etc.

If you did, I'd like to hear your experience, strength, and hope. Would you recommend this to someone else?

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Did you have your house built so you could have it just the way [View all] raccoon Dec 2016 OP

Yes, tosh Dec 2016 #1

Thanks! nt raccoon Dec 2016 #12

Yes, yes and yes Kilgore Dec 2016 #2

Out of my entire adult life of 37 years madinmaryland Dec 2016 #3

Yes, yes and yes mercuryblues Dec 2016 #4

Thanks! I may be doing that. raccoon Dec 2016 #11

go to the library mercuryblues Dec 2016 #16

Bought two, built (had built) two. ileus Dec 2016 #5

Our house had high ceilings too 33' marlakay Dec 2016 #8

Sounds the same as ours... ileus Dec 2016 #15

Like being on vacation... pipi_k Dec 2016 #17

It's one big compromise, so don't get your hopes up too high. rgbecker Dec 2016 #6

Yes but be realistic marlakay Dec 2016 #7

Yes, we did. phylny Dec 2016 #9

Thank you everybody for sharing! raccoon Dec 2016 #10

Yes, we did. After a fire destroyed the house that was here mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #13

We found a new, small development where we could customize what we had built. Silent3 Dec 2016 #14

My house was already pipi_k Dec 2016 #18

yes. best decision ever. sarah FAILIN Dec 2016 #19

My childhood home was essentially that. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2016 #20