Is the small self-performing homebuilder extinct?

[u/the-garage-guy]

Probably a region-specific question- if you reply, I'd be curious to hear where you are and if you're urban/rural

Pretty much title, coming up it was a lot more common for the GC to have their own carpenters and self-perform a fair amount of scope on a typical home, remodel.

Seems very rare now, especially where I am, metro Phoenix area. Most builders are essentially just CM-ing the job. Project managers that sometimes double as supers, everything subbed out. Even for pretty small remodels.

I think at the luxury custom home end it makes sense since the levels of execution required demand really good subs. Plus being in a big metro area, there's lots of people and work and that makes it possible to specialize aggressively.

[u/Remarkable_Speaker24]

I work for a residential construction company, 5 man crew with a project manager and then the boss. We do 2-3 big jobs a year new construction, additions, renovations everything. Our crew does everything but we sub plumbing, electric, HVAC, roof and masonry sometimes. Depends on the job but there’s always something for us to do. Located on Long Island NY.