All Forum Posts by: Rogers Smith

Installing cabinets. These were box cabinets with custom doors and crowns. We were not overly please with the quality, so we chose a different vendor for our future houses.

Painting interior. We chose Sherwin Williams Worldly Gray, SW 7043 for the walls and Basic White for the ceilings and closets.

Stucco

Bricks and stucco on exterior.

@Mike Wood is ~15% GC fee common? Interesting. Sounds like your guy is a lot better at cutting costs than I.

@Jim Adrian you are spot on. And the problem can double in our south Louisiana humidity.

@Mike Wood good to hear from you. Yes, I'm the builder. I hate to say, but I am unfamiliar with GC fees. The profit I show is simply the difference between sale price and what I have into it. I don't do work for anyone but myself on my specs, so I am not familiar with typical GC fees.

Further, with my specs, I don't intend on setting the world on fire in terms of profitability or volume. I shoot for about 15% profit, and 3-5 projects per year. This way I can simply enjoy the music of building a house without the stresses normally associated with construction.

@Jim Adrian thanks for your input. The insulation above the door is actually attic insulation. Hard to see in the pic, but I dropped the ceiling in the pantry to allow for easier light bulb change-out.