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<blockquote data-quote="CHASMAN9" data-source="post: 643484" data-attributes="member: 307"><p>I've been in the business residentially and commercially for 30+ years and all I can say is in the end you will end up either: a drug addict, an alcoholic, divorced, funny farm, or in jail. Here's some things to consider when delegating your daily time. Finding and meeting with vendors/ subcontractors and getting the correct/ best pricing and locking them in with a contract price and start date. Purchasing things such as permits and meeting with officials ON THEIR time, not yours. Setting start/ finish dates for deliveries and meeting with subs to tell them what you want. Remember that plans are only as good as the person whom drew them up and how you react when someone doesn't understand them or they just do not work like the mighty pen has drawn it. You have to lay out each and every location for wiring/ plumbing/ HVAC and other utilities. The simplest of things can go wrong and make you think "WTF were they thinking?" Most of your time will be spent on the phone trying to locate the subcontractor/ materials for the job. Then take into account every nickle and dime that has either gone to paying for the material or subcontractor. Book keeping is at least 50% of your time. Fit and finishes, are they what how you imagined it to look? Now try and meet with the person responsible for it? Cleaning up of the site after the slobs have left their mess laying around for the racoons to cleanup for you. If someone steps on the proverbial "rattlesnake" (board with nail sticking out) and they come after you to pay for their booboo. </p><p></p><p>I am no longer in the building business but still am in construction and yes I have had a very lucrative career in the industry and would not change it for the world as I can look back and say that I am still friends with most all of my clients, both commercially and residentially. I can drive by these days and say I built that and be happy knowing I accomplished it and that I have NEVER been sued by any of my clients. This is not meant to scare you away from building your house but to enlighten you on what to expect day to day if you so choose to take it over and do it yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CHASMAN9, post: 643484, member: 307"] I've been in the business residentially and commercially for 30+ years and all I can say is in the end you will end up either: a drug addict, an alcoholic, divorced, funny farm, or in jail. Here's some things to consider when delegating your daily time. Finding and meeting with vendors/ subcontractors and getting the correct/ best pricing and locking them in with a contract price and start date. Purchasing things such as permits and meeting with officials ON THEIR time, not yours. Setting start/ finish dates for deliveries and meeting with subs to tell them what you want. Remember that plans are only as good as the person whom drew them up and how you react when someone doesn't understand them or they just do not work like the mighty pen has drawn it. You have to lay out each and every location for wiring/ plumbing/ HVAC and other utilities. The simplest of things can go wrong and make you think "WTF were they thinking?" Most of your time will be spent on the phone trying to locate the subcontractor/ materials for the job. Then take into account every nickle and dime that has either gone to paying for the material or subcontractor. Book keeping is at least 50% of your time. Fit and finishes, are they what how you imagined it to look? Now try and meet with the person responsible for it? Cleaning up of the site after the slobs have left their mess laying around for the racoons to cleanup for you. If someone steps on the proverbial "rattlesnake" (board with nail sticking out) and they come after you to pay for their booboo. I am no longer in the building business but still am in construction and yes I have had a very lucrative career in the industry and would not change it for the world as I can look back and say that I am still friends with most all of my clients, both commercially and residentially. I can drive by these days and say I built that and be happy knowing I accomplished it and that I have NEVER been sued by any of my clients. This is not meant to scare you away from building your house but to enlighten you on what to expect day to day if you so choose to take it over and do it yourself. [/QUOTE]
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