Bellingham WA - The following is a list of general contractors, subcontractors and tradesman that you might consider if your looking for work to be done in the Bellingham and Whatcom County areas. The list also includes several area home inspectors that I have worked with in the past. I highly recommend that a buyer hire a home inspection prior to buying a home. A home inspection is the best insurance a home buyer can buy for a home purchase. Although I have had good luck with all of them, you still should consider asking for references from each and get more than one competitive bid before hiring a contractor. Please send me any feedback on how pleased you were with any of the following contractors you might have hired. Remember to save our Bellingham Home page and visit often. Thanks for visiting BellinghamHomes.com.

Whatcom County Contractors

RH Construction - Residential & Commercial Builders - Roger Roosendaal - 360-398-2800
A & H Construction - General Contractor- Good Craftsman - Jerry Parker - 360 305-0774
Becklund Designs - General Contractors - Framing & siding - Randy & Norm - 360-303-2277
Littrell Flooring - Carpet & Vinyl floor professional - 35 years - Ken Littrell - 360-201-6639
Morris Floors - Hardwood Floors, new & refinishing - Brandon Morris - 360 815-4261
Northwest Floors - All phases of Tile & Vinyl in kitchens & baths - Pat Himango - 360-966-2402
Whatcom Landscapes - Residential Lawns & Landscaping - Dave - 360-398-9461
Wind Wood Landscape - Residential & Commercial - Du Wayne Palmblad - 360-961-4971
Kingscapes - Lawn care & installation of sprinklers - Nathan King 360-815-5930
Upscale Painting - Residential & Commercial Painting - Si Halbert - 360-966-4230
Janson Custom Painting - Residential & Comm'l Painting - Greg Janson - 360-966-0186
Dave Passeck Plumbing - All phases of plumbing - Dave Passeck - 360-255-1332
On-Site Testing - Water backflow prevention specialist - Rob Main - 360-671-1557

Whatcom County Home Inspectors

King of the House - Full home & pest inspections - Steven L. Smith - 360-676-6908
Northwest Building Inspections - Full home Inspections - Kent Lambert - 360-733-0774
Pillar to Post - Full home inspections - Jefferson Livingston - 360-392-8731
C & S Home Inspections - Full home inspections - Curt Stocker - 360-758-7470

Home Building General Contractor vs Sub Contractor

There are basically two kinds of contractors that go into the building of a house. General contractors and sub-contractors. Sometimes it's easier to call a residential construction contractor.

Bellingham WA Contractors General Contractors try to keep good work and business relations with the subs even though the subs are usually independent of the contractor. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement between the two. The General Contractor keeps the work coming in and the subs do a good job that pleases the owners and makes the contractor look good. This creates a demand for more quality work.

It can be quite a juggling act to keep the owners and the subs happy. Some owners decide to be their own General Contractor and hire sub-contractors to save money. They take the roll of the general contractor in building the home or during a remodeling job. It usually works out in the end, but it's almost always a headache for both the owners and the subs because of the lack of experience on the part of the owners and lack of patience on the part of the subs. If an owner can manage the contractor feat, then he or she can usually save between 10 and 20 percent on the cost of the home.

Professional general contractors can usually skim more from the house building plan margin because they are experienced and they know how to do the job costing for really competitive quotes. If they bid too high, good-bye contract, too low, good-bye Christmas. Not only that, but owners that are doing their own contracting have to settle for whatever subs are available when they need them. Sometimes it isn't exactly the cream of the crop. The subs in this case, will show very little loyalty and dedication to the owner because the owner is a one shot customer.

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