[Hondaracer]

The biggest way you will save the most money is managing as many aspects of the work as possibly yourself. To me it’s kind of an all or nothing gig because it’s hard to coordinate between two separate parties ie. you have your own plumber but the GC uses his electrician (which honestly most GC’s probably wouldn’t go for anyways)

Electrical I’m not 100% on the details but with electrical work it’s one trade where as an owner/builder you can essentially pull a permit yourself and do the work yourself, however, a liscenced electrician must sign off on your work (assuming all the liability potentially)

I was a superintendent for 4 years building townhomes and even with tenders and contracts it’s still a tonne of work managing people. I’d be relatively confident in building my own home now and starting from scratch but I guarantee you it would be the most stressful building process I’d have gone through, as it seems most things are when it concerns your own lol.

Building in Vancouver takes forever in terms of permits and inspections so keep that in mind other municipalities aren’t as bad