re: DIY friendly home builders

That's interesting. I thought that Whitney required you to put 40% down if you were going to self contract. Did you actually self contract or was your father the official contractor but you did the work?

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My main concern with sub is doing proper QC when each phase is complete so would a foreman or contractor be willing to do my inspections and how do I trust them? Thanks

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Personally, you would have to pay me the profit I would have marked up that sub price for me to do the QC

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I work for Cretin Homes
ole boy Brady Foret on y'alls FB page 3 kinds of pissed off at y'all for putting 1/2" water lines in his home y'all built for him. Who the frick puts 1/2" water mains in a home?

If y'all cheap arse enough to do that wonder what other kind of corners you cut .

I'll definitely put you guys on the list. Again QC is my main concern so hope to feel comfortable with who I choose.

He did his waterlines dumbass

If you have the will, go find a dump and referb it yourself. After our flood, I had to gut my house to the studs six foot up. l have done all the work myself from electrical, to mold remediation to plumbing at about 1/2 the cost as my neighbors that are getting contractors. For the same work that I have done my neighbor just signed a contract for 65k, turn-key. I did the same amount of work for 35k. I have put in 16 hour days between work and my house every day for the past two month. I have only had four subs on my job, AC, Windows, kitchen cabinets and countertops and Sheetrock. Everything else I have done myself from electrical, to painting to insulation, wood floors and tile floors, etc... I am a computer scientist by trade but have been doing woodworking since I was 15. So you can do it but new construction might be hard to deal with unless you have cash in pocket. Do the fixer upper thing, same result.

Like anyone would know that. Go correct him on y'all's FB. He's the one bashing you guys.

Yeah this project is going to go well.
You will be back here in a year asking for lawyer advice from the OT

My neighbor did this about 13 years ago. He had a contractor pour his slab, frame, plumb it. He then did the electrical, ac and insulation. Had someone hang and finish the sheetrock. He installed all his floors, painted everything and did his finish work and cabinets. He built an 1800 sq ft house lot included for under 100.

I know it'll be a good amount of work on my end. I think a large concern is making sure the work done by the contractor is done right and warrantied. If I jack up the finishes it would be on me. Thanks all for helping and sounds like it's possible but need to clarify this well in writing with the contractors in an itemized format. Shoot me a message or post here if any other recommendations.

I work at Townsend Homes. We also do participations. We will do the exterior to completion and however far the customer wants to take the interior finish of the home. We also have a very clean FB and other reviews. Check it out brother, but the better value is in letting us finish it. You can save some costs doing a few easy things yourself, for instance maybe exterior clean ups and flooring, and probably save a few thousand.