I agree with Brian that the line between a tract house and a custom house is blurred. To me, a custom house is built w/ good quality, fit and finish from day one while a tract house is build w/ minimum quality to get the highest profit for the builder. At the end of the day, a house is just a bunch of sticks, drywall, roof and interior pieces. If someone customize (remodel) a house, then to me, it’s custom. Especially if those remodel bring the quality/fit and finish of a tract house ABOVE a custom home or if the layout of the new house is different than any other house in the development.
To bring in BG’s point from the other thread about what the city consider a remodel vs a rebuild, is there an designation about a house in the eyes of the city whether it’s a custom home or a tract home? If the house got burnt down and rebuilt with the exact same layout as the original house, would that be a custom home? If someone buy a tear down tract home, buy a plan that was used in a different tract and build it on their own lot, is that a custom home? K-Hovnanian have a program of build on your own lot. If a big builder build a house on your lot using one of the many floor plan they have in the portfolio, would that be a custom home?
