[Big Kahunaz]

Fellas. I'm sure many of you have tossed this around enough and some have gone through building and buying. This will be our first home to own and I am considering building over buying. I have the resources to subcontract the home myself. Anyone have any pros and cons of building vs buying especially w/ all the restrictions here locally (south lake charles area). Any idea as far as price per square foot, archi.tect/engineers recommendable, etc. Any idea what can be saved subcontracting vs contracting? Thanks