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Originally Posted by erinlou
Go with what you want. I have worked as a builder rep in the past and we did offer crawl space or slab on some sites. I never got the reasoning why someone would want to spend thousands extra on a crawl space sometimes $12,000 more for one if the site didn't require it.
It is a personal preference I came from Europe and everything was built on a slab so that was what I was used to, I moved to the US and the first home we lived in was on a crawl space. Personally I wasn't a fan due to the bugs etc and a possum that would take up residence under the home. It also reminded me of a mobile home the noise from the floor. Again personal preference.
I met people who would never consider building on a slab ever because they had all this misconceptions about them.
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Exactly! Its around that much more for the build if we went with a crawl. We don't require it and would be fine with a slab as that's what I am mostly used to as well. The builder who gave me a hard time about going with a slab was from New York, so maybe its regional thing and slabs are frowned upon up north? Either way, I see alot of nice homes on both, so it can go either way I think. Thanks for your input and reassurance.
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