How to Engage the right Builder

Michael Como is Your Custom Home Builder. A Master Craftsman with a team of Custom Home Builders sharing their innovative Bathroom Renovation Ideas and Kitchen Renovation Ideas. Let your imagination soar as you enjoy Building Green Homes and Heritage Style Restoration Ideas.

Michael always says it’s wise to look at what a custom home builder is and does, before looking into the subject of engaging the right one. A builder is somebody you engage to build, renovate or remodel your house, yes? Well, on the surface, yes. Some say that once you engage a builder you’re really hiring many more people: the builder, the builder’s crews, the builder’s subcontractors, and also the builder’s suppliers. This suggests that almost all builders do not build homes themselves. What they do is hire outside subcontractors to do half of the work. People such as plumbers, electricians, tilers and roofers, for example. [above image via google]

Except for some larger builders, who have a full staff of employees and tradesmen in their employ to build a house from start to completion, most builders aren’t only builders, but additionally also contractors, as they’re known within the industry. This means they hire and schedule alternative specialist subcontractors to work for them in the building of your house. [photo by author]

Transparency

We are calling this to your attention, and there is nothing wrong with this, however, we want it to be transparent, so you have an understanding of it. With a firm grasp of this trade arrangement, we can move on to concerns for engaging the right builder.

The difference between a poorly engineered house & a well-built house isn’t essentially the materials getting used, though these are important, or the tradesmen working on the job. It’s actually the person responsible for making it all happen- the builder! They will creatively come up with bathroom renovation ideas and kitchen renovation ideas and suggestions on building green homes & homes to be proud of. It’s also the builder’s job to coordinate the tradesmen and materials, pay attention to the work of the subcontractors, and keep everybody on time. No, it’s not Nobel prize-winning stuff but it will need experience and expertise in the building industry to execute it well.

The builder you engage to build, renovate or remodel your house is the expert. Not you. And so you should learn as much as you’re able concerning the requirements of the work but, at the end of the day, the builder you hire is YOUR professional on the subject, so you should engage somebody with whom you are confident, someone whom you’ll be able to trust and someone experienced.

If you do a smart job of hiring a builder, it should all go well. If not, you will be in the position of having to supervise the builder. And, if you’ve never done this before, there will not be enough time for you to find out all you would need to know to be able to do this effectively or successfully. Firstly you should interview the builder and there are lots of questions to be asked. Custom Home Builders Site recommend these questions as an absolute minimum. Be sure to sit down and have a good think about your needs, wishes and requirements and add some queries of your own.

How long have you been in the building business? Have you or your associates ever operated underneath any different names or company names? Is your building company registered with the relevant State and/or Federal Government Authorities?

How many homes do you build per year? How many projects do you have running simultaneously? And so how many crews and/or subcontractors do you have available on your books?

How many hours do you spend supervising the building works? Do you supervise yourself or do you contract a site supervisor or project manager?

What work will be performed by you and your own team and what work is subcontracted? Have you got contracts between you and your subcontractors? Can you provide copies of these contracts? Will you provide us with a list of all your subcontractors, as well as name, address and phone number, and length of time they have contracted to you?

Will you provide us with a bank reference? Will you give us a copy of your insurance documentation?

Have you ever had any lawsuits or professional misconduct claims brought against you by any homeowners for whom you undertook building, renovation or remodelling? If yes, why, and what was the result of these cases?

How many modification orders would you consider “average” in the process of building a home? Are there charges or fees for initiating modification orders, different to the obvious prices for the modification, as some builders charge a flat fee, plus the construction charges? Can modification orders be commenced by the builder? If an error is made during the building method, who pays to repair this?

What sort of warranty do you give? As some states could dictate the warranty. Do you carry out the warranty work on your projects or is it done by a third party?

Custom Home Builders repeat the importance of questioning in the process of engaging the right builder, as it could be the difference between a wonderful dream come true or a headache that will last a very long time!

Be savvy and get it right for you!

Como Building P/L, Michael Como provides in SYDNEY, an NSW Building Regulations Consultancy service that comprises, Interpretation of NSW legislation relevant to the construction of Class 1 and 10; Issuing: Complying Development Certificates (CDC), Construction Certificates (CC) [after a local council has approved a development], Occupation certificates (OC), Compliance Certificates, NCC Building Code Australia Reports. Engagement for the certification work is on a contract basis.

Also, a pre-purchase property inspection or building inspection by Michael Como may empower you with knowledge about the condition of a property currently or before you buy it and help you avoid future problems and unexpected costs. However, this service can only be conducted if the insurer is on-side, and currently, they are not and as a result, we do not conduct it.

Michael Como is Your Custom Home Builder in Sydney with over 46 years of construction experience, a Master Craftsman sharing innovative Restoration/renovation Ideas. Licensed since 1988. At this stage, I will only carry out building work at a contracted agreed hourly rate.

Let your imagination soar as you enjoy Building Green Homes or Straw houses or Hemp Homes or Heritage Style Restoration or Bathroom renovations or UHR or Digital twin or Sealing…. Etc.

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