Any OBers know how to do a circuit design plan

You could possibly save a little money by running the legs to the lights from the switches that will control them, and outlets can be fed from the closest switch boxes. I'd let an electrician run the feeders from the breaker to the switches, and then connect it all.

Get in touch with an electrician and tell him what you're doing and that you'll get him to hook it all up. He'll point you in the right direction.

Here is my super awesome paint add in of where I think we want lights and outlets. Haven't added switches yet.

Red circles = recessed lights
Red star = ceiling fan
Red square = vanity light
Green square = outlet

Well you are way ahead of where I thought you were.

I'd still get with an electrician first if you are planning to use one and work with them.

When we replaced our air handler I got with the mechanical guy. He told me what I could do to help out and it saved me about $1000. Basically, did all the grunt work, decked some of the attic to make it easier.

You want to at least get a quote from a real electrician. Your savings are relative. He is going to save on wire, boxes, receptacles, lights, switches,... And while you will "save" on labor each individual electrician is going to perform at about 3x's your speed with 2-3 in the crew. They will be done WAY faster than you. What will likely take you a week+, they will finish in 1-2 days and make your other contractors much happier. Drywall will go smoother, trim carpenters will have a better time frame for scheduling...Not to mention meeting codes and the inspections will be passed the first go around (depending on the contractor, his reputation, and his connections the inspector may do a "stay in his truck" inspection), with less likelihood of your house burning to the ground.

Just make sure he knows you are going out for pricing so you get a good honest price from 3-4 guys. If you had prior knowledge (understood codes, wire sizing, loads,..) and some buddies with like knowledge, I would say 100% go for it. BUT, I would not fumble through with it on a project this size (not that it is a large project by any means) that is connected to your residence.

Try your hand at it on a shed or workshop in your yard, leave your house to professionals if it is your first go around.

Thanks for the advice, I think no matter how much planning I do I'm going to at least get some opinions and quotes on everything. Either way I was going to have to have a subpanel put in so I was going to hire someone to make sure everything was good and hook it all up.

I'm doing everything else myself so if the work isn't top tier I'll only piss myself off later in the process.

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I'm doing everything else myself so if the work isn't top tier I'll only piss myself off later in the process.

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Don't forget the wife, she won't let you forget. I absolutely hate running into a snag on a project at or in my house, because I'm going to hear about it. Whether it is because I stayed up too late to fix it (and she couldn't sleep because of it) or because "there is a hole in the wall, I thought you said you would be done by now"

Get an electrician, you aren't going to save that much and there are codes that need to be followed.

Try calling an electrician oit., Then offering to let him do the work on the side.

Worst he can say is no.

It's a daylight basement just south of Birmingham definitely not a flood risk.

House including basement and garage is just south of 5k sqft so I assume it's a 200 amp service. The only major thing is a fridge but we already have a deep freezer plugged in there and a fridge in the garage. We're bringing the fridge in the basement and putting the deep freezer in the garage.