Your savings won't be limited to labor, if you do it yourself. I built a house in 1979, and it came in at about half the price it would have been through a contractor- and I hired most of the labor done! Key was to obtain my own materials, and act as my own "general contractor"- Get stuff on sale, through wholesale outfits, etc. Had a full time job, but took my pickup and flatbed trailer to work most every day, and bought materials after work and haul them home.
Also, find electricians, plumbers, etc. who can be trusted to work on "time and materials"- They won't be the ones who advertise in the yellow pages- you have to get them through word of mouth from builders, real estate people, etc. Don't try to do electrical, plumbing, or HVAC yourself- You'll bang your head against the wall trying to do plumbing and electrical up to code. You don't have the equipment or expertise to do HVAC. Hire the sheetrock and insulation done- they can usually do it for very little more than you'd pay for the materials, and its heavy work best suited to "young bucks". You can do things like the framing, roofing, windows, painting, clean-up.
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