Build a house or get one off the gallery?

I always build my houses from scratch. Even if I'm not the greatest builder in the world it gives me a better connection to the household. I love doing the room plan, and think it mostly gets pretty good, but I'm not so good at exteriors. Probably I pay less attention to exteriors because I mostly play inside their house, anyway.

I only DLed a couple lots. It can be fun exploring a house that others build, but I will normally make adjustments. I mostly move in unfurnitured though, because unless I intend to play a household that came with the house, colors and themes etc will normally not match my sims' taste.