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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For millworks such as crown molding and mushroom cubbies, is it cheaper to do them with the builder or find a contractor after the house is built?
My intuition is the latter since builders would have to hire subcontractors for the jobs and they would also have markups. Unless they hire subcontractors at a much cheaper rate.
Do you agree with my understanding?[/quote]

PP who built on the custom homes side here, we found that those items were much cheaper to do ourselves later. Also, for things like built-ins, closet systems, etc., based on our experience I would wait on putting those in even if it might cost a little more later. When we built our house, I had a vision of how we were going to use each space, and a plan for what we were going to have built in after closing. We ended up waiting a year so that we were through all of the warranty work before doing it, and during that year of actually living in that house, so many of my ideas of how we would use it changed. The built-ins we eventually did were completely different, but so much better for us than my original plan.[/quote]

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