Budget-savvy Builder Gifts

Cost cutting construction ideas that failed: using rhubarb instead of rebar in concrete.

'With such a tight budget we never thought it would be possible to build our dream home.'

"We only got six days of funding."

"These are the principal qualities we're looking for in our new recruits."

"Our detractors call it suburban sprawl, but I prefer thinking of our plan as 'sustainable over-development!'"

'So far, all I can tell you for sure is how much I've charged you.'

Garage Music

Building a sandcastle and children's imagination.

Quicksand Swamp - Cheap Burial Plots.

'Before we unload him, he'd like a written price support.'

'It's the only way I can afford this place.'

"No wonder it was so affordable."

Sundayafternoon Carpenters

Green Construction, 1/3 less 2 X 4s than our regular construction.

'Private schools are really expensive these days - Why don't you home-school him?'

"THREE quid for a romantic verse? Don't you have any snappy one liners for 50p.?"

'I'm sorry, but all we have in your price range are a few bales of hay.'

"Natasha cuts diagnosis costs."

'This is what telemedicine looks like for a small practice like ours.'

Basic Shelter.

Wine Prices

Santa Claus's Tool Box

Travel Agents

'This is about all we have in your price range!'

'On the positive side, just think how small the mortgage payments will be.'

'Not only can we build it for the same price as any gingerbread house, but we can do it for 40% less carbs and no trans fats!'

"I gave him some building blocks to keep him busy and off his computer. All he did was build a computer out of them."

'Yes, it's about the solar panel you're installing for me...'

'Well, QUIT sending me back as a low-bid contractor.'

'We've had to lay off most of the nurses to pay for the locums...'

"We're a day late and four hundred million dollars short."

I'm going to prescribe a less expensive generic placebo.

'These shipping crates are more in line with our budget.'