[VerySadAmerican]

My theory is in order to have the “perfect” house you’re going to have to build three from scratch. Every house you build you’ll find some things you wished you had done differently. About the fourth house you will have worked out all the kinks.

[builder]

You are so correct. I have been a custom homebuilder since 1980 . And what you say really rings true . However after living in three homes to get it “perfect” your ages and needs have changed and you will want something different by then.;) a perfect home is really however happy you are in your life while living in any house.

[21twelve]

My dad was a builder way back when. Built his home, lived in it, built another, etc.

The one most of us kids grew up and he died in was nice, but... “I always wished I had made the dining room 18-inches wider, etc.” And every so often a “I miss the sunroom we had on 45th Street.”

Although once the technology caught up, he was finally able to deal with the high water-table making the basement damp in spots during the spring.