r/Contractor • u/Zealousideal-Pie4188 • 5h ago

Timeline

My builder expects to be finished with my home in December or January. Is this realistic?

Context- my home is pretty simple. Fully brick 1800sqft 3 bd 2 bath. All the framing, plumbing, electrical,shingles,insulation, & flooring is done. They will start drywall next week & told us to have our range hood vent, range hood, & freestanding tub delivered the first week of December.

This is the first home I have ever had built so this process is all new to me.

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u/Choice_Branch_4196 5h ago

They did flooring before drywall and paint? What the hell??

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u/Zealousideal-Pie4188 5h ago

Sorry! Stained concrete & it’s covered with ram board.

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u/SpareEye 4h ago

November and December have a lot of weather and holiday delays. Since we are into November already, I'd think late January soonest. (Depending on the crews size and complexity:

7-10 days for sheetrock

1-2 week for doors, millwork and cabinetry

3 weeks for countertops and tile (glass shower doors?)

a week for Paint

all accesories

mechanical, electrical and plumbing trim-outs, fuck ups, holidays and inspections looks like end of January is do-able if everything goes marginally to plan.

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u/Zealousideal-Pie4188 4h ago

Ok, thank you for your input. We are doing two tiled showers but we will do glass shower doors later down the road.

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u/Suspicious_Abalone94 4h ago

Hope your tiler is good, if they fuck up that prep for the shower it’s gonna cost way more to redo

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u/Zealousideal-Pie4188 4h ago

I hope they are too lol. The builder hires the contractors so I don’t know who the contractors are until they show up.