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Someone legally required to finish your kitchen by never, plus fifteen percent.
means A person or company hired under contract to build, repair, or manage construction work, often overseeing other workers and materials.
from From Latin 'contrahere' — 'con-' (together) plus 'trahere' (to draw or pull) — literally 'to draw together' into a binding agreement. The sense of a tradesperson who takes on building work under contract emerged in English by the 18th century, as construction and public works increasingly ran on formal agreements rather than handshake deals with a master builder.
- legal status
- independent, not an employee, so no benefits owed
- general vs sub
- general hires and manages the subcontractors
- timeline myth
- estimates are traditionally aspirational, not binding
- license required
- most US states mandate one for jobs over a set dollar amount