Mavericks does both. Builders and general contractors almost always want labor only. Homeowners almost always want turnkey, because sourcing a framing package is a job in itself and it is not the job they wanted.
The difference in one table
| Labor only | Turnkey | |
|---|---|---|
| Who buys the lumber | You | Mavericks |
| Who carries lumber price risk | You | Mavericks |
| Who manages delivery timing | You | Mavericks |
| Who eats a short or wrong order | You | Mavericks |
| Typical total cost | Lower | Higher, the risk is priced in |
| Your time involved | More | Less |
| Price certainty at signing | Lower | Higher |
| Needs a supplier account | Yes, for real pricing | No |
| Who it fits | Builders, GCs, remodelers | Homeowners, one-off projects |
If you are a builder or GC, you want labor only
- You already buy lumber. With a yard account, your material price beats anything a framing contractor would charge you for the same package. You are not paying someone to carry it.
- You are running the schedule anyway. You are already coordinating foundation, framing and roofing. Adding a delivery window costs you almost nothing.
- You want the labor number clean. Separating labor from material makes it obvious what the crew costs, and makes comparing framers straightforward.
- The job is big enough that markup matters. On a full house, the margin on a $40,000 package is real money you keep.
Mavericks sends the list of what to order, taken off the plans, so the package arrives right and lands when the crew needs it. The paperwork and process are on the builders page.
If you are a homeowner, you probably want turnkey
Be honest about why. It is not that homeowners cannot manage it. It is that the work is unfamiliar, unpaid and easy to get wrong.
- A framing package is a hundred-line order. Getting it wrong stops the job, and the mistake surfaces on a Friday afternoon with a crew standing on your lot.
- Without a supplier account you pay retail anyway. The savings people imagine from buying their own material is mostly a contractor's account pricing, and you do not have one.
- One number is easier to finance and easier to plan around. For a homeowner writing checks against a budget, price certainty at signing is often worth more than the lowest possible total.
- A short order becomes our problem. That is most of what you are buying.
Ask for it at quote time and the number comes back that way. It is a different quote, not an adjustment to the same one.
What people get wrong about the comparison
"Turnkey costs more." It costs more than the labor line. Whether it costs more than labor plus what you would actually spend on material, including the trips, the shorts and the restocking fees, is a different question. Compare finished totals, not quote lines.
"Labor only means they do less work." The framing scope is identical either way. The difference is procurement, not craftsmanship.
"I will get both quoted and pick the cheaper." A labor-only quote next to a turnkey quote is not a fair comparison until you have priced the material yourself.
The scope is the same either way
Floor systems, wall framing, roof systems and truss setting, sheathing, rough openings, LVL and steel beam and column installation, and house wrap.
House wrap is part of rough framing. It is never listed as an exclusion and never billed again under siding.
Equipment such as a telehandler is quoted as its own line item rather than folded into the labor rate, on both arrangements. Most builders provide their own.
On permits
Mavericks does not hold a builder's license. It works with a partner general contractor who pulls the permit and is the contractor of record on permitted homeowner work, while Mavericks does the framing labor.
For builders, you are the contractor of record and Mavericks frames under your permit, the way a framing sub should. Full detail on the permit page.