Contractor VS Project Manager

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Originally posted by John S. Rabi

I built nine (I think) homes here and I never used a project manager. Working with the same GC made things easier, but I also had iron-clad contracts clearly outlining every detail of the house. I usually checked on the progress every 2-3 weeks. I had only one serious issue with all those homes built. (I kind of felt sorry for him when he had to repaint the whole house because he bought the wrong paint, but that was his problem.) A project manger (PM) can be beneficial if you are building while on the mainland and have no way of checking on the construction at all. (However, a good GC would send you pictures of the progress regularly.) Another issue with the PM is that there is no such a thing on the books here, they are not licensed, and if something goes wrong you have no recourse against the PM. If you don't trust your GC than you can have a friend with directives authority check on the construction regularly. On a second thought, if you don't trust your GC than hire another one. []

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Iron-Clad Contract...I haven't seen one of those yet.
There isn't a contract written that doesn't have a loop hole or three.

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