IF you do go back to the add-on plan, go with the drawings and make sure you understand what they show; it is a helluva lot cheaper to change a drawing than it is to tear out work done wrong.

The biggest, hardest part is specification.

SOmetimes you get a subcontractor not being given all the specs he needs or ignoring some -- we are having to stop work on a bathroom right now because the plumber situated a valve right int he middle of a designed line of tile, not thinking about the tile work. Very often the communications between different participants is slipshod as hell so you gotta ride herd and keep sharp eyeballs for "little alterations" that mess up the overall picture.

Good project management is indeed an ulcerous art.

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