Basement remodel — DIY w/ subs or full contractor?

[boiler717]

We decided on a very small scope for our basement remodel. Originally going to use a contractor with a large scope project, but now I’m considering DIY with a few subs instead and interested in opinions. We used to DIY a ton but haven’t since haven’t much in the past 5-6 years.
Here’s the scope of work we need done:
- Remove 2 built in bookcases and one small built in cabinet — DIY
- Add 2 electrical outlets close to an existing outlet — sub
- Frame and drywall open side of stairs and add door at end next to stairs; repair drywall from built in removal and electrical work (would make a small closet) - sub
- Replace carpet with new carpet (LVP in a small alcove where the dry bar will go) — use local flooring company
- Paint basement (approximately 800 sq ft so likely hire for time but could do ourselves if we have time)
- add ~8 ft of L-shape cabinetry + butcher block counters for a dry bar — DIY with IKEA cabinets; may use their install people if needed for time
So overall not a ton of stuff we would be doing on our own other than coordinating different contractors. The benefit to using a contractor is that in the next 2-3 years we want to do a primary suite addition (a second story addition over our ground-level sunroom addition), and would let us “try” the person we want to use for that, but seems pretty far out for a trial).

[mccallister84]

Honestly, I would just use a contractor. We did with our basement last year and everything went really smoothly. Now we are in the middle of a kitchen refresh which we decided to sub out ourselves and it has been a disaster. We got an initial quote from the contractor who did our basement but then they pulled some shady shit that made us not want to use them again. But they had said that the whole project would take two weeks. Here we are going on three months without an end in sight. We’ve had sub contractors ghost us after agreeing to do part of the whirl (and giving us a quote) as well as others tell us what we want to do is too small to be worth their time, etc.

[mrspez07]

I think the contractor that would do the small basement would likely not be the same type to do an addition. So it would be hard to “try out” the same contractor.
Someone that typically does the large projects would deem the basement stuff too small of a project. At least that’s what I’m seeing around here.
I’ve also had people tell me a FULL basement remodel is too small for them, but that’s usually the basement specific companies. They want to do new builds and lots of extras like plumbing.