Hi so I’ve designed, built and sold a couple houses over the years. They were all owner builder where I hired most of the work out and did some of the easy stuff myself. I currently have my latest house for sale, it’s a clean lines, modern style house on the big island of Hawaii. It’s been taking a while to sell but recently I got a call from someone who really likes it but it’s in the wrong area. Turns out the guy is very wealthy and wants to hire me to build him a roughly 6,000 square foot house in Maui with a 2 million dollar budget. He wants me to design and be a part of the building process from start to finish but I don’t know what to charge for my services. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!
Hi so I’ve designed, built and sold a couple houses over the years. They were all owner builder where I hired most of the work out and did some of the easy stuff myself. I currently have my latest house for sale, it’s a clean lines, modern style house on the big island of Hawaii. It’s been taking a while to sell but recently I got a call from someone who really likes it but it’s in the wrong area. Turns out the guy is very wealthy and wants to hire me to build him a roughly 6,000 square foot house in Maui with a 2 million dollar budget. He wants me to design and be a part of the building process from start to finish but I don’t know what to charge for my services. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!
Based on your question I would not advise you to take this on unless you are a lichened GC and have built several houses that level. You can get yourself in trouble real fast.
A side note, becoming a licensed General Contractor might not be very difficult. I passed my state exam and mandatory 12hrs of education in 3 weeks of nights and weekends.
This doesnt mean you should or shouldn't pursue the opportunity. However I think you could move past that obstacle fairly easily depending on your states requirements for becoming licensed.
@Greg Dickerson I would be hiring a general contractor. The guy just wants me to design the place and oversee the building process. I would still hire the contractor and work with all the necessary people like engineers and drafters.