When custom home projects go over budget, the average overrun approaches 65%. That's an easy number to nod at — until you write it as a check. Here's exactly how a $3 million home becomes a $5 million one, one predictable step at a time. Sixty-five percent doesn't sound alarming. It's a percentage on a page. It's the kind of figure you read, register, and move past. So let's stop reading it as a percentage and start reading it as money. Picture a custom home with a planned