Totally feel your pain on this one. When I first moved into my custom place, I went all-in on voice-controlled blinds and thermostat—seemed super conv...

Definitely a good point about drainage—learned that one the hard way myself. If you're serious about a plot, here's what I'd suggest doing before you ...

Couldn't agree more about having cash on hand. When I built my first custom home, I thought I'd budgeted for everything—permits, materials, labor—but ...

Yeah, learned this the hard way myself. I'd also suggest checking local flood maps and chatting with neighbors first—saved me from buying another "bar...

Couldn't agree more on the sealing issue. When we built our first custom home last year, I learned this lesson the hard way. Thought we'd save some ca...

When we built our place, we had a handshake deal with the neighbor about sharing driveway maintenance. Worked fine until winter hit and suddenly they ...

I ran into something similar when we built our place last year. We specifically chose adhesives and paints labeled "low-VOC" because my wife is pretty...

Yeah, this matches what I've seen too. When I first moved into my custom build, I went a bit overboard—installed leak sensors everywhere, upgraded fir...

Haha, been there myself... except it was mid-January and I was freezing my butt off. Totally agree with you about CARB Phase 2 and TSCA Title VI being...

Purifiers can help, sure, but honestly, prevention beats reaction in my experience. When we built our home, I spent some extra time researching low-VO...

Same here with the insulation—definitely worth the extra cash. But kitchen stuff is funny like that. I splurged on a fancy coffee maker thinking it'd ...

Yeah, totally relate to that. When I first started setting up my smart tech, I spent way too long staring at the wall, drill in hand, second-guessing ...