Mountain Homestead Inc.

The public-works filings run from 2006 to 2017, with the business sometimes acting as prime contractor and sometimes working under another firm. Those jobs sit across the south and north ends of the county, from Cheney to Mead, and the business travels roughly 25 miles from its base in Spangle. The state lists Roger Rubert and Kristine Rubert as principals. The crew is small, one to three people by the state's count, with the owner working on the jobs directly. Mountain Homestead's experience is with prevailing-wage work, where paperwork, wage filings and agency inspections are part of the job. That makes it a natural fit for a school district, city or agency project, or for a general contractor looking for a small, long-running outfit to bring in on public work. Much of its work comes trade to trade rather than straight from homeowners, so a homeowner planning a straightforward residential remodel may find a residential-focused contractor a closer match. Around Spokane, most structural work, additions, new outbuildings over a certain size, and anything touching electrical, plumbing or mechanical systems needs a permit from the city or Spokane County, depending on where the property sits. Small towns like Cheney and Spangle often run their own building departments or contract the work out, so the rules shift a little from place to place. Expect the contractor to pull the permit and schedule inspections. It puts responsibility for code compliance on the party doing the work, and it keeps a clean record for when the house is sold.