[quote=briansd1]I agree with AN. Custom or tract has to with with taste and or means.
The problem with the Bay Area, is that the “custom” houses in good locations are 40 to 50 years old. They need to be to torn-down and/or rehabbed.
The people who buy those old “custom” are stretched out financially so they have no choice to be accept the old musty interiors and faded exteriors.
You’re better off buying a tract house within your means and fixing it up to the way you want it.
Look at some of the old “custom” houses in Point Loma or La Jolla. They are still from the 1960s with the original mechanicals, no insulation or AC. I can understand homeowners living in those conditions if they’re used to it from the time they bought the houses for cheap.
But would I spend $1.5 million +++ to live with no insulation? No, unless I had the means to rehab the house. Otherwise, I’m better off buying a tract house within my budget that already has all the comforts of a modern house.[/quote]
At the end of the day, a house is nothing more than a bunch of lumber on a concrete platform. It’s all about location. Everything else can be changed/customized. So, I don’t understand this fascination about “custom” home.
