Letter: $80,000 pile of dirt

Letter: $80,000 pile of dirt

The column by Mark Lewis in Sunday’s print edition was right on the mark. My wife and I built two 2,500-square-foot homes entirely by ourselves, with the guidance of Sears Roebuck manuals, in 1971 and again in 1981 for $25,000 each. That’s the move-in price with all heating, electrical, cabinets and appliances. Each took about eight months.  The first was in Jefferson County, where I saw the inspector once. His comment was, “It looks like you’re…