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[quote=Anonymous]I second the poster who said "penny wise and pound foolish."  Our neighbor served asa their own general contractor and bid out every portion of their renovation with the help of a GC.  We hired a GC and retained our architect/design team to help oversee the project with us.  Best money we ever spent.  Our project came in on time, essentially on budget (maybe 2-3 % over which is unheard of and for things we upgraded or couldn't be seen because they were under ground or behind walls) and everything turned out great.  Our neighbors still are not back in there house even though work started on their house before ours and our addition was larger and more complicated.  We have been back in our house for 6 months.

I also agree with the prior poster that a lot of people think that the work that a GC or subs do isn't that complicated and think that they could do it.  It is complicated and experience matters.  Unless you are experienced in the field, I wouldn't do it.  I should also note that I have experience in the field and come from a family that worked and currently works in the industry and we still hired a GC.  Just do your research and hire a good one.[/quote]

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