# Tell me about buying or building a home with a home builder **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-buying-or-building-a-home-with-a-home-builder/535989 "2010-04-13T21:48:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-buying-or-building-a-home-with-a-home-builder/535989/21 "2010-04-14T21:52:28Z")
> [@HeadNinja](#): > > We had pretty much the opposite experience with our builder. It was 40 bucks a drop, wherever we wanted a drop to go. Surround sound wiring ended up being 160. Cat 5 to every room that wanted it was 280. I think we got every wire we could think of for under 750, with control panels in the basement. > > My dad’s lives in a house that was built by a builder for that builder to live in. They have a network cabinet that would not be out of place in a medium sized office. Every wall has cable, cat 5, and phone. So for the builder to go that hog wild I am guessing the actual cost of doing such things is pretty low. This is more my experience. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-buying-or-building-a-home-with-a-home-builder/535989/22 "2010-04-14T21:55:18Z")
One other thing for the OP: Before I built the house, I interviewed about 20 or so old geezers. I asked them for their advice about what they would want if they had a house built. There were many different answers but 2 popped up for nearly everyone: - Underground sprinkler system - Metal or vinyl siding (no painting). I think they were right and I’m damned glad I hit them up for their experience 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-buying-or-building-a-home-with-a-home-builder/535989.md?page=1)