Berry Built & Design Inc.

Recent permit records show steady residential work, mostly remodel and egress permits in Spokane Valley, plus residential alterations in Spokane and out in Chattaroy. The state insures the business under workers' comp classes for flooring and countertop installation, interior finish carpentry, general remodeling and interior painting, along with drafting and office staff, which fits a firm that designs in-house and builds with its own crew. The crew size band runs eleven to twenty. The state lists Matthew Berry as a principal since 2008, and the company describes itself as family-owned. Berry Built suits a homeowner who wants one team to carry a whole kitchen or basement from layout to final finish, and who expects to sit down and make design choices along the way. Residential alterations and egress upgrades in Spokane County are squarely in its permit history. The work mix is interior carpentry, flooring and finishes on houses, so commercial buildings or a standalone electrical job belong with a different kind of contractor. A small remodeling job, like swapping a vanity, patching drywall or replacing flooring in one room, usually needs a capable tradesperson and not much planning. A full kitchen or a finished basement is different. Walls move, plumbing and wiring get rerouted, and in Spokane's older houses and basements, egress windows and permits often come into the picture. That's where a design-build firm earns its keep, because the same people who draw the plan answer for how it gets built. For a big project, ask who will manage the job day to day and how design changes get handled once work begins.