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Third party inspection of general contractor
I am finishing up an ADU build that is about 600 sq ft and totally separate from other buildings on the property. The past few months I lost all trust in the General Contractor. He also hasn't been on-site for almost three months. I know that the city does a final inspection, but my gut is telling me to be more thorough. Before I pay the final portion of the contract I want to hire a home inspector to come out. I spoke to a few trusted friends who know the full story and they felt it was a good idea.
I would like to get thoughts from this group on doing that. Thank you in advance for you expertise.
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If you feel it is needed, or it just makes you feel better then go ahead and do it...it's your investment you're protecting. That said it is a challenge to do at the very end, especially if there are any items requiring more substantial rework. Typically on larger sites the client/GC may hire an owner rep or a construction manager that is there as a check/balance to what is billed vs. complete vs. quality of work etc...the key is that those inspections happen along the way so you never get billed out further than the cost of any rework. So just be prepared that if there's too much to fix, you may need to pay for some of it to be done twice by getting a new contractor in to fix and correct things.