You are choosing who runs the job, not shopping a single trade. We are a licensed contractor in Maryland (MHIC #111971) — we pull the permits through the Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services, 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 Chevy Chase permit goes through the Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services. We pull it under our license and we hold the inspection schedule — you do not chase inspectors and you do not sign the application.
“Chevy Chase” covers several separately incorporated municipalities, and a number of them run their own building and permit review in addition to Montgomery County. Which village you are in changes who reviews your plans and what they care about — particularly for anything visible from the street.
The housing here is largely 1910s–1930s colonials, Tudors and Craftsman homes with plaster walls, original millwork worth protecting, and mechanical systems that have been added to rather than replaced. Kitchens and baths in these houses almost always need the electrical and plumbing rebuilt behind them, not just refinished.
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 Chevy Chase crews cover Bethesda, Kensington, Somerset, Friendship Heights and every ZIP in the area — 20815.
Yes. United Developers is a licensed contractor in Maryland (MHIC #111971) and works throughout Chevy Chase and Montgomery County, including 20815 and nearby Bethesda, Kensington, Somerset.
We do, under our license, through the Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services. 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.
“Chevy Chase” covers several separately incorporated municipalities, and a number of them run their own building and permit review in addition to Montgomery County. Which village you are in changes who reviews your plans and what they care about — particularly for anything visible from the street.
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.