General Contracting
One foreman. Every trade. A Bellingham general contractor with design consultation, permits, and one foreman running every remodel.
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What You Can Get
Design, permits, and trades report to one foreman. From Bellingham to Mount Vernon, most remodel problems start in the gaps between those three.
Before any trade is scheduled
Design Consultation
We walk through the rooms, the budget range, and what "done" looks like to you, and settle the scope before anyone starts demolition.
- Scope and budget range set upfront
- Walked through before scheduling trades
- Applies across kitchen, bath, basement, and full-home projects
Compliance without the chasing
Permit Handling
Permit requirements change from one city and county to the next. We work out what your project needs and keep the paperwork on our desk.
- Requirements confirmed per jurisdiction
- Application and inspection coordination
- Kept compliant start to finish
One foreman, every trade
Licensed Trade Coordination
A licensed subcontractor network reporting to one accountable foreman, working to a fixed price agreed before anyone starts.
- One foreman owns the schedule
- Licensed subcontractor network
- Fixed price agreed before work starts
Why homeowners choose INEX
Design consultation
Permits & planning
Build with one foreman
Walkthrough & finish
Design consultation
Permits & planning
Build with one foreman
Walkthrough & finish
Same Crew. Same Standard.
Real Google reviews of our property-care work, done by the same licensed crew that runs your remodel.
Recent General Contracting.
General Contracting on homes across Whatcom & Skagit Counties, WA, handled by the crew that would run your job.
Whatcom & Skagit Counties.
9 towns across Whatcom & Skagit Counties, WA, from the Canadian border down to the Skagit Valley, with Bellingham as our main hub.
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Towns across Whatcom & Skagit Counties, WA
- Bellingham · Hub
- Blaine
- Ferndale
- Birch Bay
- Lynden
- Mount Vernon
- Burlington
- Sedro-Woolley
- Anacortes
General Contracting FAQs
Straight answers before you request a quote.
A general contractor plans the job, pulls the permits, hires and schedules the licensed trades, and answers for the finished result. That is how we run it here: design consultation, permit handling, and a subcontractor network under one foreman.
Yes. Permit handling is part of general contracting. Rules vary by city and county; we coordinate what your project needs so work stays compliant from start to finish.
Yes. Every project gets a fixed price before anyone picks up a tool. If you ask for a change to the scope after signing, we price it and get your agreement before we carry on, so it never turns up as a line on the final invoice you had not seen.
That is the whole idea behind INEX. One licensed, bonded, insured Whatcom County crew handles the exterior care and the renovations, under WA license INEXIIH765NA.
Kitchen, bathroom, basement, and full-home remodeling, each with its own service page. General contracting is the hub that coordinates design, permits, and trades across all of them.
What Whatcom & Skagit Counties, WA homeowners ask about general contracting
The design consultation settles scope and materials first, and the quote is priced from that plan. You are comparing a real number to a real scope, never a loose estimate.
Permit handling is part of general contracting; associated permit fees are discussed and scoped as part of your project quote.
You tell the foreman, we price the change, and work continues once you approve it. Nothing gets added to the job without a number attached first.
Costs & Pricing
How does INEX price a general contracting project?
The design consultation settles scope and materials first, and the quote is priced from that plan. You are comparing a real number to a real scope, never a loose estimate.
Are permit fees included in the quote?
Permit handling is part of general contracting; associated permit fees are discussed and scoped as part of your project quote.
What happens if I want to change the scope mid-project?
You tell the foreman, we price the change, and work continues once you approve it. Nothing gets added to the job without a number attached first.
Process & Timeline
How long does a typical general contracting project take?
It varies with scope. A single-room remodel moves considerably faster than a full-home project. We give you an estimated timeline during the design consultation.
Do you use your own crew or subcontractors?
We coordinate a licensed subcontractor network under one accountable foreman, so you have a single point of contact regardless of which trades are on site.
What is the difference between a general contractor and a handyman?
A handyman does small standalone repairs. A general contractor runs permitted, multi-trade projects under one accountable license.
Local Conditions
Do permit requirements differ between Whatcom and Skagit Counties?
Permit rules vary by city and county jurisdiction. As your general contractor we coordinate the specific requirements for your project's location.
Who hauls the debris during a general contracting project?
Debris removal runs through our own junk removal service, so tear-out waste leaves the site with the same crew that created it.
Do you take on general contracting projects across Whatcom & Skagit Counties, WA?
Yes. INEX Property Services serves Bellingham, Blaine, Ferndale, Birch Bay, Lynden, Mount Vernon, Burlington, Sedro-Woolley, Anacortes.
General contracting across Whatcom & Skagit Counties, WA
The housing stock across Whatcom & Skagit Counties, WA runs from pre-war homes near the older town centers to new builds on acreage, and they are not the same project even when the drawings look similar. Open something up in an older house and there is usually a surprise waiting: framing that was altered at some point, services routed the long way, finishes that were never square to begin with. A newer one is more predictable, and the work is more about layout than about what is behind the wall.
Accountability is the main thing you are hiring a general contractor for. On a job with framing, electrical, plumbing, drywall and finish work, the trouble tends to start in the gaps between trades rather than inside any one of them: nobody is quite responsible at the handover, and the schedule slips a week each time. With one foreman, those gaps are somebody's actual job, and you have one number to call about them.
When you need a contractor, and what happens first
If the work is one trade doing one thing, hire that trade. It is worth bringing us in when the scope crosses trades, when a wall or a structural element is involved, or when the job needs permits. That is where sequencing and paperwork start costing more than the work itself. A single-room refresh rarely needs a contractor. Moving a wall, adding a bathroom, or opening up a floor plan does.
Every job starts with a design consultation and a fixed price before any trade is scheduled, so the scope is settled while it is still cheap to change. Where permits apply, the local building department sets the requirements, and they vary by jurisdiction and by the scope of the work. We confirm what applies to your address, prepare the drawings and handle the application, rather than guessing at a rule that nobody has quoted you yet.
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