Custom built dollhouse service is a kind of job which works to build dollhouses to order, with custom colors and flourishes, based on plans and precut kits. In that case, you will need a woodworking tool kit, plus supplies for painting, staining, and decorating. You should also plan on building a few samples of your work to show to customers and to display at craft fairs and in retail stores that agree to refer clients to you. Materials for a relatively simple custom dollhouse can cost in the range of $150 to $300; more complex jobs use more expensive materials. Prefabricated kits can require just a few hours to assemble and a few more hours for painting and finishing. Working from plans requires additional hours for purchasing and cutting materials and for assembly. The most time-consuming projects involve custom design, specification, cutting, and assembly; these jobs may require 20 to 40 hours of work plus the cost of materials.
For the cost of the service, most dollhouse builders quote a bottom-line price that includes the cost of materials and time spent in assembly and finishing. Add an extra fee for designing the house from scratch, taking into account that assembly will require considerably more time than working from a kit. The cost of prefabricated kits—before labor, paint, and finish—ranges from as little as $50 for a simple plywood-faced shed to several hundred dollars or more. In other side, you also have to do marketing in order to inform another people about your custom built dollhouse business.