Prior to deciding on what house you plan to purchase or build, you should first take a look carefully at the differences.  When building a house, the amount of windows, doors, details on the porch and amount of bathrooms adds to the pricing.  Just because the homes have the same amount of square feet, doesn’t mean that is all you are paying for.  Think of it this way, a Toyota Camry and a 5Series BMW are both four door, mid-size sedans.  But they are VERY different cars each featuring different price tags!