How Do You Manage Your Contractor During the Remodel

[Colin Orlowski]

Hello, Im planning ahead and wondering how some of you have managed the rehab and your contract. 

Once you have the contractor/GC you are wanting to work with, how do you both set expectations of what will be done and by who? How do you create the remodel plan of what additions will be made/what things will be fixed/ or if a huge rehab-what will the layout and finishes be like? Should the contractor be able to give you a new layout design?

What about all the material? Generally, who's responsibility is it to purchase the required material? If it is the contractor's, how do they know what material to buy when it comes down to finishes and the style of the rehab? Is it up to their discretion?