You know thinking of building your own house; when I lived in colorado a retired Eng Prof built his own houses; actually he built 4 or 5 of them. The workman-ship was exemplary. Absolutely fantastic. They weren't large houses - i don't know the exact size but somewhere between 800 and 1200 sqft. Unfortunately he got into a fight with the county over distance between the houses and they made him tear down most of them. Something like he needed several acres and he only allotted 1 or 1.5 (I don't know the exact numbers so just guessing). Anyway he got pissed and move to Arkansas.