I have never built my own house, but when I was like 10 my family - meaning my larger extended family - came together to build a bigger farm house, when I was 14 we did an addition to our cousins farm house, built a shed in the backyard when I was 15 because they were doing stuff to the house and lumber was left over and built a new house for our aunty (who is actually my first cousin once removed) when I was 18.

My uncle is an architect and my other uncle owns a construction company so using the family just meant cheap labour.

I have an uncle though who ever 10 years buys some land and builds a new house. He says its because he doesn't like a cookie cutter home.

Never a real house but a two room cabin for myself. It did not have any plumbing so it made it easier. I sold it for a hefty profit that I used for a down payment on the house I now live in. I would love to built a house but building material is outrageous around here.

No, only Lego ones when I was much younger than I am now.

We are the music-makers, and we are the dreamers of the dream.

We were just that close to building, but when we seen all the hidden costs, we decided to buy old and renovate. It was a better investment with a much greater return.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. ---Bertrand Russell

Virtual ones...

Not just houses but also castles, towns, empires...

Je grimperai sur l'espace lumineux,
Je traverserai l'esprit de la terre,
Je cheminerai dans la lumière
Et j'atteindrai l'étoile.

Not me, but my parents did a few years ago and it took them over 1 1/2 to get finished.