>No, but they don't typically build it for themselves. They buy what's on the market. And the market forces the builders to watch their bottom line. So whatever isn't mandatory in the building code won't be done, unless it can help the sale.
Tract homes that is certainly the case. But custom homes are done very often down here. We looked into it when we were house-shopping (but most of the new building was being done in areas we didn't want to move to). The buyer has a lot more say in what does into them. But, of course, the house is priced accordingly.
Dan LeClair
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