Third party inspection of general contractor

[Melissa Ralston]

I am finishing up an ADU build that is about 600 sq ft and totally separate from other buildings on the property. The past few months I lost all trust in the General Contractor. He also hasn't been on-site for almost three months. I know that the city does a final inspection, but my gut is telling me to be more thorough. Before I pay the final portion of the contract I want to hire a home inspector to come out. I spoke to a few trusted friends who know the full story and they felt it was a good idea.

I would like to get thoughts from this group on doing that. Thank you in advance for you expertise.

[Melissa Ralston]

@Dan H. I am providing oversight. I am on site. The GC lies and way overexaggerates when he does talk to me and lies about when people will be here and what will get done. I am in no way being passive with him or his representatives that he sends to my site. I suspect that is why he stopped visiting the site. 

I think he thought he took a job for a woman who doesn't know anything about how things are built and thought he could dupe me and then he got caught. He did a new build for some friends of mine and did a perfect job, which is I hired him. But on that job he dealt with the husband.