New homes, ADUs and additions in Northwest Washington
New homes, accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and additions across Skagit, Snohomish, Island and Whatcom Counties. We plan the job with you, run the trades and keep the documents a construction lender asks for.
Building your own home and want to stay the owner-builder? See project management for owner-builders.
What this covers
- New single-family homes
- ADUs and backyard cottages, attached or detached
- Room additions and bump-outs, tied into the house you have
- Planning and trade coordination, from site work and foundation through the finishes
- Residential electrical that can stay with us under our license WASHIC*743DE, from the panel through trim-out
- Plumbing by certified plumbers
- Budgets, draw schedules and draw packages for construction loans
Need a detached garage or shop? See sheds and garages.
How we handle a new build
It starts with a site visit and the plans, if you have them. If you don't yet, we can draw layouts and 3D views in-house to help you decide, and bring in the designers and engineers the project needs.
Then comes the written scope, with a budget broken into line items by phase. Trades are chosen from competing written bids, compared side by side, and we check each contractor's registration and insurance before the award. Every trade works under a written purchase order, labor and materials are kept separate, and every change is a signed change order.
If there's a construction loan, the paperwork follows the lender's draw schedule: invoices and purchase orders for the period, lien waivers from every paid trade and supplier, dated progress photos, and the budget against actual. When the house is done, we walk it with you and hand over the documents and manuals.
An addition has to meet the house it joins: the roofline, the siding, the floor heights and the systems inside the walls. We look at all of that at the first visit, before anything is drawn.
A build we're managing now
Custom home, Stanwood, in progress
Project management for an owner-builder's new custom home in Stanwood. We schedule and coordinate the trades, compare bids, check every contractor's license, bond and insurance before award, and line up the inspections the construction-loan draws depend on.
- Written purchase orders and change orders for each trade
- Competing bids scored side by side before awards (seven bidders for the flooring alone)
- Inspections and lender draw requests sequenced to keep the work moving
Questions people ask
Can you build an ADU on my lot?
Whether an ADU fits depends on your lot and on your city's or county's rules for ADUs. At the site visit we look at the site with you and talk through the questions to take to them.
Can you work with my construction lender?
Yes. We keep the documents lenders ask for at each draw: purchase orders, change orders, lien waivers, dated photos and the budget against actual. Your lender's rules govern the draws, and we help you meet them.
I want to be my own builder. Can you still help?
Yes. That's our owner-builder project management: you stay the owner, and we run the trades and the paperwork.
Do you design the house?
We can draw layouts and 3D views in-house, and we bring in designers and engineers where a project needs them. If you already have plans, we work from those.
Related services
Where we do this work: Skagit, Snohomish, Island and Whatcom Counties. Our service area
Tell us about your build
Thanks, we have your request
A person reads every request and gets back to you to set up a site visit.
Want to add something? Call (360) 858-8580, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or email gc@wa.construction.
What happens next
- A person reads your request.
- We contact you by phone or email, whichever you prefer.
- We visit and talk through what goes into a written proposal.
Already working with us?
Current clients, trades and suppliers: please use your usual contact.