There was quite an investment just to get the lot to a level state. The labor was done by non-English speaking people who could not afford to buy a coat when it rained ( I ended up giving a spare that I was going to take to the Goodwill to one of them). The materials used to build were definitely not on par with what is being asked for the house. I would bet the break even point has got to be somewhere north of $500,000. 250,000 for the lot + I have no idea what it costs to build a house 3000+ square foot house + real estate fees. Perhaps someone with home building costs can tell me how off I'm on the cost to build the house. It has GRANITE COUNTERTOPS!!!!1