JP Designs & Construction.

The work is general contracting, registered with Washington L&I under the general specialty. With a crew that small, the person who prices a job is usually the person doing it, which tends to suit remodels, repairs and projects where a homeowner wants one point of contact from start to finish. The business travels about 25 miles from Spokane, a reach that covers Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, Mead, Cheney and Airway Heights. Most of its jobs come from people who hired it before or heard about it from someone who did. Spokane's housing stock makes general work less predictable than it looks on paper. Older neighborhoods near downtown and the South Hill hold plaster walls, old framing lumber sized differently from today's, and wiring or plumbing that has been patched over decades. Newer subdivisions out toward Liberty Lake and Airway Heights are built with engineered lumber, drywall and modern assemblies that are simpler to open up and match. Before a remodel on an older house, ask how the contractor handles surprises behind the walls and how changes get priced. On a newer home, the questions turn to matching existing finishes and working around builder warranties.