re: People who went from nice older home to newer one

I have yet to see a working recommendation on how to hire a quality general contractor. Following hurricane Harvey I searched for 10 weeks using a full set of drawings, trying to find a qualified contractor. They all wanted control of money up front, use of their std plans and an aggressive change order costing.

I decided to be the general contractor. Built a windstorm compliant house, that exceeded heating/energy requirements. Had no change orders .