Our GENERAL CONTRACTOR went from awesome to awful. Don't make this mistake!

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

There is spot of difference between doing the work and being in business to get the work done

[@towersroofinginc422]

Love seeing this videos validating what I have been saying for many years. As a contractor myself I run into a lot of homeowners who have been taken advantage or neglected by other contractors because they’re too busy, sub the work to third parties without oversight in the name of growth and profit, as well as some that are just in it to rip people off. Every time I called contractors while building my winning team, I asked them for references and most importantly pictures of their work. Turns out the references and pics of their work took a long time to get which is not a good sign. On my quest to fix this situation I put together a team to help me develop my own software to help us keep our work organized and able to share super quick. I believe in showing our clients that we can do the work and I take pics before, between, and after. The goal is to send some of the portfolios with every bid to show our potential clients we’re more than capable of handling the work. The goal is to make sure we weed out all of the scum out there to ensure only the best are found. Super happy I got to see your video and sorry you had to go through all that BS while building your home.

[@geraldpolmateer3255]

I was a small contractor who built high end homes that required a high level of skill. Very few had the skills I did. So the number of workers I had were small. We would completely finish a home before I went onto the next job. I was so busy but the problem I had is people wanted me to do their home and so they would push me to get more workers. I refused to do that to keep the quality high. I made a good living doing the work.

[@BrantleyBlended]

You should make some videos and share your knowledge and help people like me. You probably have a lot of great information that you could be teaching people about homebuilding, contractors, construction materials, construction loans, etc.

[@salvadormadden2090]

instablaster...

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

Great video !

[@kevins2033]

FYI. 10-20 houses per year is not a “small time builder.” Not even close. A small time builder can do as little as 1-2 houses per year. There’s plenty of those builders out there, and that’s who I’d recommend because of the attention to detail. 👍

[@peteterry8563]

You make exponential amounts of money then compared to the average guy. Or is everyone that's ever taught me the trade a lying scumball and used/abused me?

[@LaloBajo6th]

Thank you so much for all the help. Much appreciated!

[@jeremyparks9648]

I used to lay tile for a big name resort. After laying a floor their QC would come in with a fresh deck of cards. He would draw one and place it on the floor and slide it across the room. He'd use about a dozen cards, if one caught a lip it would stop instantly. He would then strike the tile with a small hammer and tell you to replace it.

[@jesswynn9626]

Dude I don’t know if anyone else has told you this already but you nailed it big time. Your presentation, looking straight at the camera , no jokes or animations to make peoples eyes widen , just flat out here it is, take it or leave it. We had a garage fire a few months ago and the house suffered smoke damage. We’ll need new flooring, appliances, and a lot of other repairs / rebuilds other than just the garage. The guy we hired lives a half mile away, discovered him by word of mouth, he speaks well, appears to be 100% with us on this but lately my wife has been informing me of some problems and unpleasant surprises. I can comment more at a later date when the work progresses but right now I want to say keep doing it the way you’re doing it - straight forward no frills just flat out telling it like it is! 👍

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

Omg across the state ? Wow that cou!d be a difference of several hundred miles and hours of travel , not being close

[@dickgadfly1437]

When I was an apprentice, I worked building a development. Breakneck speed, one street East they were framing, one street West they were painting, and two streets West families were moving in. We were about a third through the entire project when the journeymen carpenters got really upset. It seems the architect had found out they hadn’t been putting house wrap on under the siding and was making them follow the drawings. Another thing that made a strong impression was when I was part of a crew installing picture windows. We unboxed them and I did a quick read of the manufacturer’s supplied instructions. It’s been decades, but my recollection was that roofing nails of a particular length were to be driven through the vinyl flange every 8” or so. What actually happened is that the window was leveled, shimmed, and nails were driven in the corners, and one more centered along the top flange. When I pointed this out, the journeymen said “don’t worry about it. When they apply the trim the finishing nails will hold it.” I feel sorry for the people who bought those houses.

[@BrantleyBlended]

That’s how houses are built in Georgia. Slapped together as fast as possible with no concern for quality or craftsmanship.

[@SKANK_HUNT49]

​@@BrantleyBlendedare you on Dugdown? If its the house I'm thinking of its beautiful. Great view of the hills also

[@sheriszajna-mckeon9902]

Wow... great information! That sucks though. Definitely appreciate you sharing with us.

[@vladdtheinhaler]

Those crickets are going for it!

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

Remember if you're building in rural areas your prices are going to be higher for long distance

[@wd269]

A key component of drawing up a contract to build a home (whether hiring a GC or DIY GC) is to ensure that the contract details measurable expectations for quality for each sub-contractor/trade. For example, the HVAC system will perform within 5% of design specifications and will measured by a third-party inspector prior to final payment being issued. Additionally, when the architect draws up the plans, the owner/client/you should ensure that the drawings have absolutely no wording the is vague or ambiguous (i.e. HVAC Specifications on blueprints include words like "By Others"---every system and component should be designed and documented prior to bidding the contract(s)). Then, there will be no (or very little) on-site design being performed and no guess work by the craftsmen/trades.

[@theartistone5860]

This is why I charge what I charge. You always get what you pay for and I never have my clients work on any project I am doing or tell me about something they saw on youtube. Just giving 35 years of experience.

[@justincrasi4638]

agreed. there was a lack of clear expectations and communication between the owner and contractor. i'm not blaming anyone specifically. but some people are ok with decent work, and others expect virtually no errors, the cost to build needs to clearly match the expected outcome. this video is good bc it highlights the importance of scope and expectations

[@andrewdominguez2151]

I’m about to enter the same situation you had. About to close on an acre and I want to build a house. Watching all your videos. Thank you for taking the time to inform us on the ups and downs of home building. Subscribed.

[@BrantleyBlended]

Good luck on your project!

[@mashalifevlog6514]

You need to take GC to the court. The judge will order to redo your roof and your GC will pay for it.

[@BrantleyBlended]

The GC would use his same subs to replace the roof and they would do another bad install job.

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

That's pres good 10-20 homes a year but they could be million dollar homes

[@uk7769]

builders in Florida often will not let you on the construction site at all lol. yeah right. I'm gonna spend half a million dollars and you won't let me inspect he work. Not a chance. The labor is Florida is completely incompetent. The worst.

[@BrantleyBlended]

I told my contractor that I would be at the house a lot, and that I would be doing some of the work myself. If he wasn’t okay with it then I would’ve used someone else.

[@Alamyst2011]

@@BrantleyBlended Homeowners doing their own work is fine. But it usually gives contractors a lazy out. "Ah, the homeowner will get that. Dont worry about it"

[@serenap.1041]

Hey Not all Floridians lol😁

[@ImportedFromSerbia]

The main reason is that you and many other folks coming to construction site without safety equipment, helmet, safety glasses, etc... If you get hurt at construction site, then he could be accountable per law.

[@GungaLaGunga]

@@ImportedFromSerbia Mmm yeah. I'm afraid you are very correct. Good point. You can't do anything anymore. Sad state of society. I'm tired of living my life "due to insurance or legal risk reasons. Horrible Zucked, lawyered, and litigated to death society we must live in now. Putin has got nothing on attorneys. They've destroyed the entire world. SMH

[@kardojarrett8126]

Honestly I dreaming about renovate my house add a second floor and I am very inexperience in every which way possible I have a design and plan in my head so right I looking for information an everything from paper work to blueprint down to every progress and cost I of to go through so I'm thankful for every information you put out

[@michaelvickers89]

Where did you build your house? My sisters the 4 then moved from Denver Colorado to Rotonda West Florida. They all had their houses built 1 by 1 by just a few guys. I will admit all of their houses turned out super nice and their only complaint was it took way longer than they were told it would. I feel like if time was their only complaint they got super lucky…

[@stephen5147]

Great info. Thanks.

[@iwenyou]

Would you choose to self manage project and hire subcontractor by yourself next time?

[@BrantleyBlended]

Yes. If I ever build another house I want to be my own contractor and hire all the subs myself. The only way I can do that is to either win the lottery and quit my job or be retired because I will need to be at the construction site all day long.

[@sik6hundred]

The tile guy sounds like my coworker 😂

[@Danglethefinisher]

See I was hesitant to get a general to! I actually took it on myself and hired all the trades. Save alot of doe, its taken me a while to finish it. But I did have complications that I had to over come. I was 29. Spent a little more money then I wanted to! It's 2000 sqf 2 storey 3 bed 2 bath. Infloor heating. Did alot my self. Lol still am. But eh I'll do it again!

[@BrantleyBlended]

If I ever build again I will be an owner-builder like you. I will only build again if I have the time to be around the project more and hire all the trades myself.

[@turboflush]

I hired a gc to do the heavy lifting parts. I found it hard to find different trades. And even harder to find quality that wasnt expensive.

[@dustinjohnson7191]

Did you ever think to have an inspector do phase 123 inspections

[@BrantleyBlended]

A county building inspector did inspect the house many times during construction.

[@davidgagnon2849]

It's sad, but almost no one is invested in anything anymore. Be it your car you're having work done to, or work done to your house, or even a house built. YOU have to be on top of things and be the squeaky wheel when things are not being done correctly or steps being skipped to save time or money.

[@mmdirtworks3487]

Noodle is Fried? lol!!!!! You need to bring in family or a friend someone who is retired just to keep a eye on things. Call him your project manager.

[@Nephtali1981]

Could they have included pool while in the constitution of home to save money? Or would the pool be a separate person. Just asking out of curiosity. Cool vids

[@BrantleyBlended]

I don’t know for sure. You would need to ask a lender.

[@truthseeker1833]

Hey brother! Love your channel and thanks for all your hard work its much appreciated

[@franklinbittner4683]

You get a general contractor so he hired the right sub contractor, so to me it’s the general contractor responsibility to get the job done right ,point!

[@anitap2286]

❤️🌷👍 THANK U!!!!!

Can I know the kind of questions that you ask to him?

[@Brandon68plus1]

We are about to start our home. Not looking forward to it at all. We just had shop built first and contractor was stretching himself too far and it took 6 months what should've taken 2-3 months.

[@BrantleyBlended]

Good luck on your project! Hope you have a great contractor and great subs!

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

Of course if you are living on site the general contractor is going to assume you know all that is going on there because who knows better than the guy that liveson site ok this is automatically assumed why else would you there roughing it.

[@madison1828]

Orrr you can be like my old general contractor who takes money from the commercial jobs to use it to build his mansion vs actually paying his sub contractors until they had to threaten with court. Some shady stuff.

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

Just tell us the facts

[@dukenukem5753]

Don't assume the contractor is doing quality control or looking over the work being done at all. I have built plenty of houses hired subs everybody will try to hide their sins.

[@ISqueezeMyTomatoes]

best advice: hire your mother-in-law to manage the project, if she is not happy, your wife will not be happy

[@zephyr1408]

My friend I am a small time finish contractor I hv maybe 10 or so large projects going a yr! My dad was a small time builder maybe 5 or so customs a year ! 10 plus homes a year your contractor is either maxed or growing substantially !!!! 1. You needed a contractor who wore a tool belt ! 2. If you had tile with lip-age ? Unacceptable ! 3. I fired my tile guy? Then I told the contractor ? 4. I fired my sheet rocker ? He said “you can’t fire me”? I told him show up on my property after I fire U ? Bottom line You are the Boss! U ok who steps on site & some jackass requiring full pro wages to lay tile makes that mess ? Fire him !

[@envisionelectronics]

Play at 1.25x speed for non-southerners.

[@cdm386]

ALWAYS say what you don’t like.,. you are the paying customer at the end, and if you say it with honesty and respect it should be no problem. It’s a business transaction at the end of the day. It took me a while to learned that, sadly.

[@BrantleyBlended]

The problem is when the contractor sends the same sub over and over to repair their mistake. What are you supposed to do about that? My contractor always answered the phone and always responded to my complaints, but he would send the same unqualified subs back to the house to fix what they did wrong in the first place. His other subs did not want to be involved in it. They would have started the project fresh, but they did not want to fix another sub’s problem. That would make it their own bad work. Eventually, I told my builder that certain people were never allowed in my house again. They were either unqualified to do the work, or they just flat out did not want to do it.

[@jlucas42]

The subcontractor your were describing sounds EXACTLY like a guy I just stopped working with due to his crappy work and poor attitude.

[@mmareviewer.2372]

Very good share. Well, after a life of putting mainly martial arts in my muscle memory I now how to go matrix download on all this stuff since we are aiming to have our house built soon.

[@scottt988]

Why a picture of a house under construction and the entire video is you in front of a pool?

[@cochransgonewildalaska2265]

10-20 houses a year is not a small time contractor.

[@dang5796]

Shoot I learned early never to sub contract. Generally not enough money for multiple contractors. So usually the general makes bank, subs make next to nothing and employees usually go into debt trying to work. I strongly advise contractors get their own jobs and not depend on another contractor. A lot of scammer contractors out there

[@snowleopard7952]

Drugs. The tile guy may have started reusing drugs. You need someone watching over construction sites like a hawk. Stand over those guys. Anything at anytime, anything can go wrong and if anything can go wrong it will fo wrong. The leader contractor needs to be there the whole time the subs are there working.

[@BrantleyBlended]

You are right about watching the construction site. If I ever build another house it’ll be after I retire or hit the lottery so I can be home all day and watch what’s going on.

[@vanderumd11]

Lol you won't find a contractor or workers who will build with an owner on site. Rare

[@oomphale]

sue the SOB's!

[@billgates-xr9hs]

Sounds like a contractor taking cheapest bids from the subs get what you pay for should of put a law suit on that clown

[@kenweis2291]

10-20 houses per year lol thats a house every 2 weeks....there were years we did 2 houses per year from dirt to roof

[@BrantleyBlended]

10 to 20 houses per year does not seem like that much to me if you have several going at one time. Of course, you would have to find some good subcontractors to work for you. Many years ago I worked for a big homebuilder that threw up hundreds of houses per year. They were not good quality homes.

[@robertmccully2792]

Its not the subcontractors fault its the General Contractors fault. Why were you calling the subcontractor when he was being paid by the General Contractor? Sounds like your scared to make the General Contractor responsible. Anybody reading this,, if you do not have the balls to confront bad work you better not start in the first place.

[@ImportedFromSerbia]

He said he called GC, and he told him he will send SC tile guy as many times as needed to fix tiles.

[@flemdog07]

Too many cervezas eyy?

[@servustuussum7147]

You just hiring the wrong people because when Iam in somebody's house I don't treat it like my house at all I treated like it's their house and they're paying me to do a good job but I can only do one job and I has to be beautiful and perfect when I'm done with it if not we'll tear it out and put it right back believe me call meI've done infrastructure work for DIA and anything you need fixed I got it from start to finish everything and if you need to put a contract on your contractor we got that too believe me you will be 100% satisfied but it's premium gasoline only

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

Omg nothing worse than an all white house no no no no no no go. with natural colors you silly boy

[@kenweis2291]

Shouldve done the tile YOURSELF

[@BrantleyBlended]

Yes, I should have. I installed new floor tile at our old house that we moved out of when we built this place. It took me a few days and it was very labor-intensive. It looked awesome and well planned out when I was done with it.

[@cmsdrywall]

Your wife made you do this video as a Told you so!! Video LOL

[@BrantleyBlended]

I did talk her into building a house and told her how great it was gonna be.......🤦🏼‍♂️

[@avatarmong]

Dad used to say “most who fail school get in the construction industry” ... no disrespect to the few ‘caring professionals’ out there.

[@seymourbuttes8892]

I love cashing checks from judgmental ‘educated’ folks like your dad.

[@FullPictureMedia]

ignorant

[@jayframes4967]

My Dad used to say "those who can, Do.Those who can't ,teach" Bet your dad was a teacher!

[@JefferyUeligger]

with all these contractor videos alike there must be some real crazy sh.. t going on in their world eh.

[@martinobrien1877]

Most likely he was taking on another job and splitting the time poorly.

[@BrantleyBlended]

He had several other houses and at least 1 commercial project going at the same time as mine.

[@premiercconstruction]

Wow you did alot of work yourself! So yeh you inserted yourself very heavily into the process. And you were overly friendly ie unprofessional. So he most likely yielded to your lead. A contractor generally feels out a client and measures how they prefer to relate. I know contracts who do not allow the homeowner on the site... Period. That's there policy!

[@kenweis2291]

Thats because you didnt build nothing you subbed it all out....

[@theamatimasblink6594]

I am a State Contractor...and with the owner at the site working...you GOT NERVE... You tell sub contractor what to do. And you making deals with his workers... TRYING TO SAVE MONEY...bad planning... making ideas as you go....And A NO. No .your house your mistakes.. Learning to build...and Cost...That is why you are completely in a house.... WHAT NEW. It is built should be happy.... Permits demand quality...enjoy your House. Counting every penny...WE ALL KNOW...owner at the property all the time... NIGHT MARE for a Contractor...all you gonna do is change and complaint....or compare.....House Building is a science... and Cost more than you think...with TIME....Let's see you are in a trailer and ready to move in .....WHO PLAN THAT ! Something you not TELLING US !??

[@genecodr908]

You were the problem, not the contractor. Let him do his job. You were interfering ,makings to many changes. How efficient would you be on your job with someone there that has no clue of whatever you do tell you how to do your job and how to do it. What would you do in his position. The customer is almost never right.

[@mellowyellow6848]

I don’t recommend young people getting into the trades. It’s absolute garbage in my experience. Go to school

[@BrantleyBlended]

The world needs good people to learn trades. We will always need things built or repaired. There are so many crooked or unqualified contractors. I think an honest and talented person could earn a great living in whatever trade they chose.

[@chriskillfacts]

Not true at all. Starting your own business like colleges have been doing for years is what makes money. School is a business. Learning a trade is something you can apply anywhere. Working for someone else whether you go to college or learn a trade is your own fault. Apply what you learn then start a business.