Savannah house owner Mills Fleming backs up Christian on the importance of a good contractor. Surprisingly, it wasn't the construction that Mills found stressful so much as the planning. Converting the design from paper to reality changes things. What's planned doesn't always work. It's never quite the same.
Mills also claims to have suffered only mildly from meltdown.
I was pumped up about doing it. I had no heart-attack moments until the bills started rolling in. The key to his cool head was organization, firm decisions and adrenaline. You have to make decisions quickly and move on to the next. To be sure you're making the right ones, he says try to make as many decisions up front as you can, before the pressure of empty rooms makes you feel as if the walls are closing in on you.