You pay, youre the GC, and he is just the project manager. Its all on your shoulders.

"Can we deduct them from his fee?"

Certainly. And let him know you're doing so immediately.

Simple. If you're paying, tell him to arrange for you to get all the bills on time. Get this in writing.

Just to be clear, a project manager has a higher standard of care than a GC does. A project manager will be a fiduciary at all times, a GC may be a fiduciary only when dealing with allowance accounts.

So to answer your question, you can absolutely hold him accountable for this. However, maintaining a good relationship may be worth much more than the savings.

We do like him and since we are a couple States away from the build we don't want to piss him off. He suggested to us we open an account with the local hardware store today and we have paperwork in hand. So no more late fees! It's frustrating, we are cutting checks almost daily and don't know what some of them are for. Our house? Another house? We signed up for it so I guess it is on us. We are moving there next spring and probably camping, we hope we have windows by then! Thank you all!!