Building a house!!! contractors wanted!!

[cricket]

Started getting bids on my house plans. Im looking for honest and dependable contractors. If you know of any please let me know. Thanks guys.

[Finfeatherfur]

Brandon Fredrick - 337-356-9411

[cricket]

Is he in lake Charles. I should have specified where I am building.

[bgizzle]

I know a guy that's lisenced in tx would he have to be licensed in la also if not he is great and dependable

[weedeater]

Need to hit Erick up for some names. Jose Martinez- 540-0309 Frame,brick, sheetrock, paint ect.
Shot Portray- 304-1946 dirt work
Kendrick Lorman - 526-5750- dirt work
Scott- 802-4892- plumbing and septic
Leon Fast- 436-7097- house plans
David Remarz-513-2369- Turn key or get bids on each job
Dan Felice-661-9467- a/c
As I get more I will pass them on but these are good guys we use or have used and I am building so if you get some good guys please pass them back.
Jason

[Big Flounder]

I got 2 bids here in the baton rouge area and the cheapest was $95 a foot. I am currently waiting on a contact that I heard about for the 3rd. He is pretty much a coridnater with a lot of contacts and he charges $1 a foot to contract it out for you. He is building a house for one of my father n laws co workers right now and said he is about 80% complete and so far no complaints.

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by Big Flounder

I got 2 bids here in the baton rouge area and the cheapest was $95 a foot. I am currently waiting on a contact that I heard about for the 3rd. He is pretty much a coridnater with a lot of contacts and he charges $1 a foot to contract it out for you. He is building a house for one of my father n laws co workers right now and said he is about 80% complete and so far no complaints.

1$/sqft??? And he's a liscenced contractor?? I don't think a crack head work work for that cheap! 3500 sqft home with a contractor on the job everyday for 5 months for 3500.00??? Something ain't right

[Big Flounder]

Originally Posted by fishinpox

1$/sqft??? And he's a liscenced contractor?? I don't think a crack head work work for that cheap! 3500 sqft home with a contractor on the job everyday for 5 months for 3500.00??? Something ain't right

Don't know dude. Just what I heard. Guy said that he got a construction loan to contract it his self and hired this guy to coordinate it all for him. Said that he saved over 20 grand by doing it this way on a 3000 sqft house.

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by big flounder

don't know dude. Just what i heard. Guy said that he got a construction loan to contract it his self and hired this guy to coordinate it all for him. Said that he saved over 20 grand by doing it this way on a 3000 sqft house.

all i know if this guy dosnt have a lisence (which with those prices i dont see how he can with having to pay insurance , workers comp, ect) he is running and illegal opperation. It is 1/2 arse cutthroat guys that dont run a legitimate opperation that give good, honest, lisenced contractors like myself a bad name!!! Good luck dude ! If i find out who it is im gonna report his arse to the state board of contractors! YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR !!!!!!!!

[Big Flounder]

Originally Posted by fishinpox

all i know if this guy dosnt have a lisence (which with those prices i dont see how he can with having to pay insurance , workers comp, ect) he is running and illegal opperation. It is 1/2 arse cutthroat guys that dont run a legitimate opperation that give good, honest, lisenced contractors like myself a bad name!!! Good luck dude ! If i find out who it is im gonna report his arse to the state board of contractors! YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR !!!!!!!!

What is the differance in me hiring contractors or him? I'm not licensed or insured. You don't have to tell me you get what you pay for cause I live in a DR Horton house now! I will never do that again. I have never built a house before. All we did with DR Horton was pick out appliances and colors but that was what the boss (wife) wanted at that time. Now we have land and ready to build what we want. If what that guy is doing is illegal then I want nothing to do with him so any advice is greatly appreciated.

[weedeater]

Turn key will run you more money but if you have time to deal with subs you can save a good bit. I work with a few guys that built in past yr for around $80 a foot by subing.

[cricket]

Thanks guys for the info. @ Jason, where are u building. I'd like to swing by and take a look at it. Maybe give me some ideas.

[Texxan1]

Glad I ran across this. I will be looking for subs towards the end of the year to start building a place in Hackberry.

I did the GC work on my house in galveston and saved about 50k. Hope to do it again with the place in Hackberry.

Does anyone know the going rate per ft for framing?

Thanks

Thomas

[fishinpox]

[QUOTE=Texxan1;442295]Glad I ran across this. I will be looking for subs towards the end of the year to start building a place in Hackberry.

I did the GC work on my house in galveston and saved about 50k. Hope to do it again with the place in Hackberry.

Does anyone know the going rate per ft for framing?

Thanks

Thomas[/QUOTE

White boys-$6.00-9.00/ sqft total area
Mexicans-$3.50-5.00/sqft total area

[Salty]

[quote=fishinpox;442303]

Originally Posted by Texxan1

Glad I ran across this. I will be looking for subs towards the end of the year to start building a place in Hackberry.

I did the GC work on my house in galveston and saved about 50k. Hope to do it again with the place in Hackberry.

Does anyone know the going rate per ft for framing?

Thanks

Thomas[/QUOTE

White boys-$6.00-9.00/ sqft total area
Mexicans-$3.50-5.00/sqft total area

$1 per sq. ft.

[weedeater]

I am trying to finnish plans up right now and have house pad going down this week but soon as I began getting bids I will be glad to share what I can.

Corey I am building toward end of Ericks road and hope to began next month but if you want to see my plan I will show you.

I asked a guy that just built a house what he paid for framer and it was $5-$6 a square and he built a big cut up house in lake charles using the guy that did my last house.

[cricket]

I have the house plans done. House pad is done but might have to add a little to it, will see. Right now I'm just getting my plans out to several contractors to get bids on it. We are picking out everything to have it blacked in and so far it's been pretty easy. The wife is being a good sport lol. We are starting the loan process and that is fun just filling that thing out. I'm gonna do the electrical, painting and some flooring. Hoping to save about 20k or more. I'm asking friends who just built alot of questions and I'm documenting everything. We have even gone so far as to taking pics of same house to show brick layers how we want it. I can't sleep now cause all I think of is how I'm gonna do this and how I'm gonna do that. But the lord is gonna show me the right path. Thanks guys for the help. Keep it coming.

[Big Flounder]

Originally Posted by cricket

I have the house plans done. House pad is done but might have to add a little to it, will see. Right now I'm just getting my plans out to several contractors to get bids on it. We are picking out everything to have it blacked in and so far it's been pretty easy. The wife is being a good sport lol. We are starting the loan process and that is fun just filling that thing out. I'm gonna do the electrical, painting and some flooring. Hoping to save about 20k or more. I'm asking friends who just built alot of questions and I'm documenting everything. We have even gone so far as to taking pics of same house to show brick layers how we want it. I can't sleep now cause all I think of is how I'm gonna do this and how I'm gonna do that. But the lord is gonna show me the right path. Thanks guys for the help. Keep it coming.

We haven't had plans drawn up. We just picked some off the Internet and explained to the contractors what we wanted changed and they gave us a quote off of that. The only reason we haven't had them drawn yet is cause the contractors that we spoke to will take care of that and we are not sure what rout to go yet. I have spoke to a lot of people that have either contracted it out their self or hired a contractor and all of them that contracted it out their selves said it was a pain but if I can save 20k then I am willing to give it a shot. I just need someone to point me in the right direction. Most of the people I talked to that contracted it their selves can only provide me with contacts that they would never use again! That scares me. I called four contractors and 2 of them kind of gave me the impression that I was bothering them. The other 2 I set up meetings with them and they answered every question I had and actually appreciated the opertunity to submit a quote to me so if I do decide to hire a contractor it will be one of them.

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by Big Flounder

We haven't had plans drawn up. We just picked some off the Internet and explained to the contractors what we wanted changed and they gave us a quote off of that. The only reason we haven't had them drawn yet is cause the contractors that we spoke to will take care of that and we are not sure what rout to go yet. I have spoke to a lot of people that have either contracted it out their self or hired a contractor and all of them that contracted it out their selves said it was a pain but if I can save 20k then I am willing to give it a shot. I just need someone to point me in the right direction. Most of the people I talked to that contracted it their selves can only provide me with contacts that they would never use again! That scares me. I called four contractors and 2 of them kind of gave me the impression that I was bothering them. The other 2 I set up meetings with them and they answered every question I had and actually appreciated the opertunity to submit a quote to me so if I do decide to hire a contractor it will be one of them.

1) be careful if contractor supplies plans its ok if he recomends an ar****ect but most contractors insurance is to build NOT to be part of the design , that is 1 thing my attorney beats into my head everytime i talk to him , that im a builder not a designer n i should never provide drawings unless i'm insured as a build/DESIGN firm.
2) contraqctor = adult babysitter
3) 90% of subcontracts out there see the homeowner that pulls his own permit as a easy buck because yall dont know the diffrence , not daying all subs but a good bunch of em are just waiting to cut conrers n make a quick buck on someone who dosent know any better

[eman]

3) 90% of subcontracts out there see the homeowner that pulls his own permit as a easy buck because yall dont know the diffrence , not saying all subs but a good bunch of em are just waiting to cut corners n make a quick buck on someone who dosent know any better. This^^^^^^ is what you have to watch out for!!
I saw framing so bad that the inspectors failed EVERYTHING. after 2 years in court the contractor went belly up and the owner had to sue the contractors insurance company (another year ) and finally got enough $$$ to get it torn down to the slab and reframed. If you know enought to be able to tell the difference in good and bad work in all trades and have the time and patience.
you can act as the contractor. DO NOT count on the inspectors as a decision maker on good work. When i was doing electrical work, i had so many finals given over the phone or computer it would make your head spin.