Hiring General Contractor for rehab progress

[Jay Yoo]

Why would I want to hire a general contractor to oversee the whole rehab progress?

Can someone tell me what’s the reason hiring a GC for rehab? Wouldn’t the GC work for the same company as contractors?

Thank you for your time and happy holidays!

[Brandon P.]

If you find a good GC, you will pay more for them to manage the project, but you will spend WAY less time managing the project.

There are lots of different options when hiring a GC, you can find some that have employees, such as carpenters & drywallers or GCs that only act as project managers. The more affordable GCs are usually a smaller company and will have their own employees doing the bulk of the work.

You could definitely try to sub all the work out if you have flexibility in your schedule, ie minimum 1-2 hours per day and a good understanding of the construction process.

Either way, you will need to be involved as things can easily go sideways with GCs or subcontractors, especially if you aren’t checking in often enough.