We have been looking at moving, however in our price range my DH is thinking it may be better value to buy a knock down and build a single level house. The idea of it terrifies me and I have no idea whether it would be feasible or not. Of course we need to go to a homeworld type place and see how much it would cost. It is the extras that bother me, things that aren't included that we may not think of initially. We would have to live with our parents while building (eek!) and would have to pay storage costs for all of our stuff. No idea how much that would cost either. We would be paying a bigger mortgage while building but wouldn't have the costs of running a house (rates, electricity etc etc) , we would have to contribute to our parents some form of board. I would love to hear your experiences of building and whether you were surprised by the overall cost and any other things to be wary of.

Thanks!!!