Buying vs Building (New vs. Second Hand)

A second-hand car is not a new car. A second-hand house is not a new house. Can a second-hand house be a better choice than choosing to own a new house designed for your own wishes?

Why do people favour buying a house than building?

Building a new house is cheaper. It can be an enjoyable lifetime Experience. The smell of freshness will give you a nice nostalgia one day.

An existing house can have unexpected surprises!

Plan your new house. Think about exterior and interior or you can only think about your needs: Types of Rooms, Spaces, and Garden Style. It is good to ask some people too about their experiences. Designers can give good advice. Employ a designer and magic will happen. 

Consider security, fire safety, fire escape, light control, and noise control. 

What you have written down is the brief with which you demand a designer to design a new house for you.

Find a new land or a land with an old house only good for demolition.

Some hard work and stress are an investment good to talk about to your grand children.  

If you have an opportunity to build, just build.

What A Designer Should Do?

1.  Design is not merely about complying with the rules and regulation but also understanding the designs for the best interests of all parties...
2.  When a designer can design with good intention, strong patience, necessary experiences, and generosity efficiently, he can design something good. The designer must be given reasonable condition, budget and time.
3. A good designer can put the environments, users, functions and budget together.
4. A good designer is always bending toward making good designs.
5. Some good designs were over budget (historically). A designer may (and should) produce a cool design first only not to be extreme. The owner may reject such and such to achieve an agreeable state. 
6. Rejecting good design is for bad design. 
7. Building a family home is not building Sydney Opera House. Owners are no fool. However, they should be able to compare good design and bad design. They should know they can afford good design because it's not more expensive anyway.
8. Enough spending is necessary but Good design isn't always expensive. But the designer must produce an ideal design within the budget.
9. When owners (family members for example) get involved with enthusiasm, it is best for the designer to realize their needs and demands. When the owners help the designer, it is for mutual success.
10. A designer should encourage the owner to help him. The process of producing a good design outcome is not one-sided activity. 
11. The best part of the design outcome is the smile of the owners. Owners should smile.
12. Producing Environmentally Sustainable Design is never expensive because it makes sense with long-term welfare. Using locally produced materials reduces cost. 
13. A good designer knows the tastes of good living – not as a luxurious lifestyle although this is a part of taste. The look (although essential) of a house and lots of expensive things don't automatically make good taste.
14. Good taste makes good design. People have to feel good in which they live or work. The owners should inform the designer what make good taste for them. 
15. Me don’t mind to earn only a little. But would like to work for a long time for good designs.
16. Health (ergonomic consideration) is a main part of good design.