You are choosing who runs the job, not shopping a single trade. We are a licensed contractor in Virginia (Class A #2705183185) — we pull the permits through the City of Alexandria Department of Code Administration, coordinate the licensed trades, and hand you a written line-item scope before demolition starts.
A whole-home renovation usually needs a building permit plus separate electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits — each with its own inspection, each on its own timeline. Pulling them is not the hard part; sequencing them so no trade is standing around waiting for an inspector is.
Your Alexandria permit goes through the City of Alexandria Department of Code Administration. We pull it under our license and we hold the inspection schedule — you do not chase inspectors and you do not sign the application.
Alexandria is an independent city with its own permit office, and Old Town's Board of Architectural Review must approve exterior changes in the historic district — materials and windows included. That review runs on its own calendar, so for anything visible from the street it goes first, not last.
Old Town is 18th- and 19th-century masonry and frame rowhouses; outside it, Alexandria is largely mid-century and newer. The rowhouses are party-wall construction, which changes how structural work, plumbing stacks and ventilation all get handled.
What's includedA planning range, not a quote. Your written line-item price comes after a free on-site walkthrough. HVAC, electrical and plumbing are performed by licensed trade partners.
A written, line-item scope for your general contractor project. No design fee, no obligation.
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Our Alexandria crews cover Del Ray, Old Town, Arlington, Springfield and every ZIP in the area — 22301, 22302, 22304, 22314.
Yes. United Developers is a licensed contractor in Virginia (Class A #2705183185) and works throughout Alexandria and City of Alexandria, including 22301, 22302, 22304, 22314 and nearby Del Ray, Old Town, Arlington.
We do, under our license, through the City of Alexandria Department of Code Administration. A whole-home renovation usually needs a building permit plus separate electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits — each with its own inspection, each on its own timeline. Pulling them is not the hard part; sequencing them so no trade is standing around waiting for an inspector is.
Alexandria is an independent city with its own permit office, and Old Town's Board of Architectural Review must approve exterior changes in the historic district — materials and windows included. That review runs on its own calendar, so for anything visible from the street it goes first, not last.
It depends entirely on scope, so we do not publish a single number. You get a written, line-item price after a free on-site walkthrough — not a verbal ballpark over the phone.
Yes. The walkthrough and the written scope are free and yours to keep whether or not you hire us. There is no design fee and no consultation invoice.
You can hire trades directly, and for a single-trade job that is often cheaper. It stops being cheaper the moment two trades have to be sequenced around an inspection — someone has to own that schedule, and if it is not a contractor it is you. A licensed GC also carries the permit and the liability.