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<blockquote data-quote="jakeman" data-source="post: 3712077" data-attributes="member: 10690">I wouldn&#039;t sign it either as a home buyer. I wouldn&#039;t try to build a house right now though. People can&#039;t expect their builder to lose money, and I&#039;d think they wouldn&#039;t want that anyway. You have a supplier, of either labor or materials, that&#039;s losing money on your project, you need to be very careful. You&#039;re about to get what you&#039;re paying for.edit - I&#039;ll also add, if as a consumer you&#039;re expecting someone to give you a hard number on something that goes together like a home in the current, and they do, you should be concerned. I&#039;m new to this, but I know guys that have been doing this for 30 years, and they can&#039;t tell you what it&#039;s going to cost to build something right now. Oh, they can probably get between 35%, maybe, but until it&#039;s bought and invoiced you don&#039;t know what the materials are going to cost, or if your sub is going to still be working for you next week. Building anything is expensive right now, and it&#039;s hard because of chasing materials.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jakeman, post: 3712077, member: 10690"] I wouldn't sign it either as a home buyer. I wouldn't try to build a house right now though. People can't expect their builder to lose money, and I'd think they wouldn't want that anyway. You have a supplier, of either labor or materials, that's losing money on your project, you need to be very careful. You're about to get what you're paying for. edit - I'll also add, if as a consumer you're expecting someone to give you a hard number on something that goes together like a home in the current, and they do, you should be concerned. I'm new to this, but I know guys that have been doing this for 30 years, and they can't tell you what it's going to cost to build something right now. Oh, they can probably get between 35%, maybe, but until it's bought and invoiced you don't know what the materials are going to cost, or if your sub is going to still be working for you next week. Building anything is expensive right now, and it's hard because of chasing materials. [/QUOTE]

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