Subcontracting vs Lock and key

Do you have any experience in construction?

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lock and key

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Do you mean a turn-key house?

I wouldnt do it unless youre experienced in bossing around messicans

Unless you have construction experience (I.e. did it before) and have a very flexible job, I would strongly recommend hiring a general contractor (turn-key option). They will handle the coordination of the subs and the construction schedule. Just be sure to actual have a contract that spells out, explicitly, all your expectations and requirements (like price, how to handle changes, and timeframe).

Even with this option, you will still have to/get to make decisions based on changes or problems that occur during construction. So you are involved....just on a much less detailed and headache inducing basis. You won’t have to be the guy trying to call and track down the wall framer who didn’t show up because he is at another project, while you have Sheetrock hangers sitting on your job doing nothing because their are framing issues.

Coordinating construction and building houses/other buildings is a full time job. If you have the flexibility, resources (good sub contractors), and knowledge it can be done, but most who are full time contractors have all three of those.

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or it caused a divorce.

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Highly doubt building a home would cause a divorce, it is more like that marriage was fricked from the start and that was the excuse.

Some good advice has been offered already about your question.

I would also add that it also depends on your budget. You mentioned you would save about $30k by subbing out. That's a good bit of money that can be spent on furnishing your home, maybe adding another room, etc, or just saving yourself some money.

I'd go with the turn-key option and I used to work for my uncle after high school and through college, who is a general contractor. There's so many little things that go on behind the scenes that would cause most normal homeowners to have a heart attack if they actually knew. A GC usually provides not only the knowledge, but also a buffer from all the bullshite that goes on on a construction site, which is a lot. If you choose to sub it out, you'll need flexible hours and a lot of patience, as previously mentioned. You'll also need to be able to spot any thing that goes wrong, because the subcontractors will try to cut any corners they can, even if it means something isn't done right.

You just have to come up with your budget and if that money saved is worth it. Because it will be a very time consuming and patience wearing project.

Good luck.

A newbie who attempts to act as a GC on his personal residence has a fool for a contractor and the client is a dumbass.

Any questions, Mr Lock and key*?

*Yu r dum

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If you don’t know what you are doing, that $30k could disappear quickly.

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Yep. Keeping a project on time and on budget when you have zero experience running that type of project is a losing proposition.

Couldn't agree more.

Personally, I don't think $30k is enough to go with subbing out himself with having no experience. I'd go turn-key.

Thanks for all the help guys.

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A newbie who attempts to act as a GC on his personal residence has a fool for a contractor and the client is a dumbass. 

Any questions, Mr Lock and key*? 

*Yu r dum

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Are you mad?