Hiring the "Right" Builder for Your New Home Building Project
Before we delve into the topic of choosing a builder - let's examine for a moment what a builder is and what a builder does. A builder is someone you hire to build your house, correct? Well, yes and no. It has been said that when you hire a builder you are really hiring four people: the builder, the builder's crews, the builder's subcontractors, and the builder's suppliers. What this means is that most builders do not build houses by themselves, but hire outside subcontractors to do part of the work--plumbers and electricians are good examples. southern Maine builder Except for a few very large builders who have the requisite staff and tradesmen on their payroll to build a house from start to finish, most builders are not only builders, but also general contractors, or GC's as they are known in the trade. That is, they hire and schedule other specialized subcontractors to work for them in the building of your house. There is nothing wrong with this practice, we are...