Builder package
Your building skills lower your price. You build your home alongside AUM's crew.
For people with construction or trade skills who want to leave the city.
The numbers
- Price
- From $66,000
- The starting price buys
- a 400 sq ft home you help build, homesite set-up included
- Home
- up to 800 sq ft
- Monthly guide (Essential)
- From $500
- Less upfront than a typical home in Natchitoches Parish
- about $105,000
- Less upfront than a typical home in Sabine Parish
- about $57,000
- Reservation
- opens later
You'll help build your home alongside AUM's crew. Tell us about your skills when you get in touch.
The prices shown are starting prices. Each one includes the homesite set-up: septic, water and power runs, and solar. They are estimates while we lock in builder and material costs. Your contract shows your final price before you commit to anything. We compare today's prices with typical homes in these parishes, using public figures. AUM homes are smaller, and your monthly includes ground rent for the land. We never promise what a home or the land will be worth later.
Layouts
Layouts that come with Builder.
- Builder StarterA 560 sq ft starter home built by the owner with AUM's crew, with ground kept for a 240 sq ft addition and a build yard that is cleared once the home is finished.
- Green ProduceAn 800 sq ft home with a kitchen garden, a 30 × 72 ft hoop house, market rows and a small orchard.
- Animal HusbandryA 720 sq ft home with poultry, rabbits, a goat paddock, rotational pasture and a row of hives, all kept well back from the house.
What's included each month
Essential membership.
- Site security and gate
- Upkeep of shared lanes and commons
- A base produce and food allowance
- Member discounts across the network
What your monthly covers
Your monthly has up to four parts. Ground rent pays for the land. A community fee, at cost, pays for security and upkeep. Member services and growers' co-op dues are optional.
You own your home; AUM keeps the land
You own your home and your work. AUM keeps the land, runs the shared spaces, and helps you reach buyers if you want that help. Your homesite is leased to you for 40 years, a lease your family can inherit.
Ready to talk it through?
Ask AUMi anything, or send us your details and a person will get back to you.