Do you build your own house or do you download from gallery?

Most of my houses, I build myself. Gallery builds don't work most of the time for me: because of the MOO issue mentioned earlier where it is hard for Sims to navigate builds, because I'm missing several packs which mean that half the build disappears sometimes, and then also because sometimes I want something very specific for my household (for example, a house that is shared by a painting vampire, an astronaut, and an actor, with the decor/skillbuilding items for all three of them).

With that said, I have downloaded a few houses from the gallery. There are just some styles of house that I cannot build. I have a handful of Victorian houses from the gallery, because I love that style but cannot figure out how to do them myself.