benick wrote:

PLEASE hire a reputable General Contractor that will work with you to
oversee the entire job..Word of mouth is the BEST way to find
one...Take your time and do that part right and you will never regret
it...It will save endless headaches and money as well...


I think that is likely to be the best advice the OP will receive.


When I built my house in 1995 - I was the GC - I hired a REAL GC as
construction manager for the period until the construction was dried in. I
used many - put not all - of his subs; I used his account at
lumber/concrete/etc supply houses because he could get better prices; he
acted as liason between me and the subs including doling out my money when
necessary; he did most of the scheduling (of his subs); he ordered materials
as needed by the subs; if there was a problem the subs came to HIM and he
came to me. Conversely, if I saw something being done improperly or if I
had a question about something I went to him and he dealt with the sub
whenever possible (if he wasn't here and the problem was immediate, I dealt
with it).

The portion of the job for which I hired him lasted about 60 days. He was
here every workday for an hour or so at both the start and end of the day.
That works out to be about 80 hours of his time, probably a bit more. He
had asked for $5,000 for the job - probably would have taken $3,500 - and
that's what I paid him. That works out to be $60/hour or less and for that
I got all I enumerated above plus much less hassle than if I'd not hired him
plus I still saved many 10s of 1000s of dollars over what the job would have
cost had I just hired a GC to do it. It was money well spent!


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