Contracting a home is one of the easier projects a do-it-yourselfer can take on. We're not talking just about the "build with your own hands" type project, most of us would be ne er finish. Rather, self-contracting involves hiring professionals (subcontractors or "subs") to really do the majority of the labor. Your job is fundamentally a general contractor who coordinates everything to do with building the house. All self-contracting requires is nice organization and folk skills. If you can call folk on the phone then you can save yourself thousands of dollars.

What You Get:

• WALKS AND DRIVEWAYS
• TRIM
• TEMPORARY POWER
• SHEETROCK
• SHEATHING
• ROOFING
• PREGRADE
• PLUMBING FIXTURES
• PLANNING
• PERMITS AND FEES
• PAINTING
• MECHANICAL ROUGH IN
• LOCATION
• LOCATION
• LANDSCAPING
• INSULATION
• FRAMING/CORNICE
• FLOORING
• EXCAVATION AND FORMS
• CABINETS AND VANITIES