Passive-aggressive envy
I’ve been hanging out quite a bit at a “home builders” forum — one that people who are in the middle of having a house built for them post and ask for advice on everything from choosing driveway materials to where to find that perfect oil rubbed bronze light fixture. This is not an “owner-builders” type place, though many of those types are also here. The people here seem to be more-or-less evenly split between owner-builders, “true” custom and those buying “semi-custom” homes in a development.
It’s fascinating to read these peoples’ concerns. Sometimes you get the feeling that a person is building a house to please the forum participants (there’s one in particular who is notorious for saying “Which color siding should I pick? The builder is waiting!”); others are just there to sell stuff.
The one that got my attention today, though, was the person who was talking about their custom cabinet order costing $150-200k and getting particle board and melamine. Could they really have been that gullible? If they’re putting $150k just into the cabinets how much does the rest of the house cost?!
Although, if they can afford $150k on cabinets, well, I’d like to have their problems for a few days ;).
