My Husband builds like that. He built our house himself over a three year period (we lived in a trailer on the property). When the framing inspector came he said "I know where I'm going during the next hurricane!".
There is a smart way to build houses and there is a cheap way. Since your home is,for most people, your largest investment, it should be your priority to have it built to withstand whatever nature tends to throw to your neck of the woods. Hubby builds 'code plus' whether he's building from ground, remodeling or even just adding a deck... only way to do it down here, IMHO.
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Yeah. My husband built our house too. The inspector was looking at all the hurricane ties he added to the roof and said if our house blew away the whole city would be in trouble.
Sometime the smart way cost almost nothing extra. Brick ties, eg.