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 Germantown 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.
Germantown is Montgomery County jurisdiction throughout and, unlike the county's outer edges, it is almost entirely on public water and sewer — so septic capacity is not the constraint here. The constraint is the HOA: nearly every neighborhood has architectural review for exterior work, and it runs on its own calendar alongside the county permit.
Germantown is one of the newest large-scale housing stocks in the county — mostly 1980s through 2000s single-family, townhome and duplex construction. That has a specific consequence worth knowing: builders in that era commonly roughed in a basement bath and left the space unfinished, so a Germantown basement finish is often cheaper per square foot than the same job in an older house, because the plumbing stub, the egress and the ceiling height are frequently already there. We confirm what is actually stubbed at the walkthrough rather than assuming it.
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 Germantown crews cover Gaithersburg, Clarksburg, Boyds, Darnestown and every ZIP in the area — 20874, 20876.
Yes. United Developers is a licensed contractor in Maryland (MHIC #111971) and works throughout Germantown and Montgomery County, including 20874, 20876 and nearby Gaithersburg, Clarksburg, Boyds.
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.
Germantown is Montgomery County jurisdiction throughout and, unlike the county's outer edges, it is almost entirely on public water and sewer — so septic capacity is not the constraint here. The constraint is the HOA: nearly every neighborhood has architectural review for exterior work, and it runs on its own calendar alongside the county permit.
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.