The minimum floor plan on my street is 3500 sq ft. My house is the small one on the street. Only 3900 sq ft. It does sit on 1/3 acre. It is a custom house. Not to my specs, but to the specs of the original builder. Every house on the street is different. All owner occupied.
A couple new, custom houses were built about 300 feet from my house. Both are over 6,000 sq ft. Both have a large theater built in the basement. The developer lives in one of them. After a year in the house, he figured to sell it and build another. The house was on the market for a year at $797,000. The "for sale" sign was removed in the last few weeks. I assume he gave up. A realtor would have had a brass band and balloons if the house had sold. It doesn't bother me. A successful sale would have driven property values way up. I own mine free and clear. Just property taxes. I really don't want those going higher.
The minimum floor plan on my street is 3500 sq ft. My house is the small one on the street. Only 3900 sq ft. It does sit on 1/3 acre. It is a custom house. Not to my specs, but to the specs of the original builder. Every house on the street is different. All owner occupied.
Sound like the developer really did mean custom houses. Here in California, custom house means the exact same floor plan, they just invert it our put the garage on the left side of the front door instead of on the right.