More professional advice for the DIY General Contractor
This article features advice from DIY General Contractor expert Pay Fay, author of The Pat Fay Method: How to Manage Your Home Remodel or New Construction Without a General Contractor to Save Serious Money.
Mr. Fay offers some interesting insight into the growing trend of do-it-yourself General Contracting:
The actual cost of home improvements is not aligned well with the prices being charged, the quality of work has been declining and the working general contractor is slowly disappearing. Many now simply arrange subcontractors and provide minimal supervision. Quite frequently, general contractors will take the cost of the materials, add labor, then triple it. People are being charged $200-$250 per square foot for projects that can be accomplished for half that price.
Read How to do it yourself - as a general contractor on the Seattle Times.
Read reviews for The Pat Fay Method on Amazon.com.
See my previous post, The Top 5 Unexpected Pitfalls of being your own General Contractor.
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