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camp guy · 08-02-2008, 08:22 PM

I live in Wolfeboro and have had three jobs done in the past 10 years - one relatively small, but the other two were significantly large ($$). On all three jobs I had the carpenter/or developer act as the general contractor for purposes of making the individual parts of the job flow together smoothly and timely.

When all is said and done with your job, you will be essentially through with the subcontractors, and they know it. But, the carpenter/general contractor will be in business into the future and will want to have the subcontractors available to him for future work, and, because of this, they (the subs) will be more attentive to his needs during your construction than they would be to your needs during construction.

Also, carpenters/general contractors usually have a network of subs they prefer to use because they know the sub's work quality and reliability, and how certain subs work with other subs.

My advice - go slow, talk with your builder, and do a lot of listening.

My best to you.

08-02-2008, 08:22 PM	#11
camp guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: formerly Winter Harbor, still Wolfeboro Posts: 1,224 Thanks: 317 Thanked 560 Times in 310 Posts	Looking for subcontractors I live in Wolfeboro and have had three jobs done in the past 10 years - one relatively small, but the other two were significantly large ($$). On all three jobs I had the carpenter/or developer act as the general contractor for purposes of making the individual parts of the job flow together smoothly and timely. When all is said and done with your job, you will be essentially through with the subcontractors, and they know it. But, the carpenter/general contractor will be in business into the future and will want to have the subcontractors available to him for future work, and, because of this, they (the subs) will be more attentive to his needs during your construction than they would be to your needs during construction. Also, carpenters/general contractors usually have a network of subs they prefer to use because they know the sub's work quality and reliability, and how certain subs work with other subs. My advice - go slow, talk with your builder, and do a lot of listening. My best to you.