#43: How to Be Your Own General Contractor

A Beautiful Mess Podcast

Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Hi! This week, Emma's roof is being worked on, so she is taking the week off. Elsie's friend, Ting, has joined us in her place. This episode is all about how to be your own general contractor (or project manager) during a renovation, which can save thousands of dollars. If you're planning to renovate a kitchen or bathroom in the future, you'll definitely want to give this episode a listen. We talk about so many things, including lessons we learned the hard way!

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0:00.0	You're listening to the beautiful mess podcast. This week we're diving into
0:08.8	how, why, and when to be your own general contractor, how much you can save and what the trade-offs are.
0:14.8	My BFF and renovation mentor Ting is joining me for this episode. I met Ting when we started
0:20.2	remodeling our previous home. He was my very first friend in Nashville when I moved
0:24.7	here and he basically held my hand and wiped my tears through a grueling two-year
0:28.9	remodel. He taught me how to be my own general contractor which ended up saving us not just
0:33.2	thousands but easily more than a hundred thousand dollars on our entire home
0:36.8	remodel so today I invited him on to the podcast to share some of his wisdom with you and
0:41.5	by the way Emma is taking a break this week because her
0:45.2	house is actually getting a new roof and apparently that is really loud. So Emma will be back next week.
0:50.5	Okay so let's just jump into it. So basically you taught me how to
0:56.9	renovate when we did our last home and it was like two or three years long of
1:01.2	crying and calling you constantly face timing.
1:07.0	I don't think I taught you how to renovate because you were already doing it.
1:11.1	I just saved you from some unpleasant experiences that you were having with a
1:15.9	contractor, right?
1:17.5	He taught me.
1:18.5	He was my mentor.
1:19.5	I will say it forever, even if you don't improve that you're my mentor.
1:22.3	That's fine with me.
1:23.0	And my best friend.
1:24.0	Okay, so first of all, let's just start out by explaining even what a general contractor is.
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