Homeowners hire JK General Contractor because one company plans, permits and builds the whole project with its own crew. The crew that shows up has been with us for many years, the concrete comes from our sister company, and one project manager answers your calls from the first visit to the final walkthrough.
That sounds simple. In practice it is the difference between a job that runs on one schedule and a job that waits on three outside crews, a concrete plant and a supplier who has other customers first.
Who builds the project?
Our own crew builds it. The framing, the stonework and the finish carpentry are done by people who have worked with JK for many years, and they arrive in our trucks with our equipment.
- Carpenters frame decks, porch floors and roofs, set columns, and finish ceilings and trim
- Masons lay pavers and natural stone, build block and stone walls, fire pits and fireplaces
- Concrete for footings, slabs, patio bases and driveways comes from our sister company
- Licensed trades run gas lines, wiring and plumbing under their own permits
Keeping the trades in house matters most on the projects we do best, where a deck steps down to a patio or a screened porch opens onto a fire pit. The people who build the frame and the people who set the stone are on the same crew, so the heights, the steps and the drainage meet where they should.
Where does the concrete come from?
It comes from Capitol Concrete, our sister company in Sterling. JK built the company up to the point where he could not get concrete trucks on the days he needed them, so he bought a mixer truck of his own. That truck turned into Capitol Concrete, a volumetric concrete company with its own mixer trucks, and it now delivers across the DMV and supplies other contractors too.
For your project, it means the footings for a deck, a porch or an addition, and the base under a patio, are poured when our schedule says, not when a plant can fit us in. You can read more about the supply side at capitolconcretedmv.com.
What do I get in writing?
You get a firm written price, not a range. We come to the house, measure, look at the grade and the access, and talk through what you want. Then we put the layout, the materials and one price on paper. If you want to add a feature or change a material, we price the change before we build it.
Who handles the permit and the HOA?
We do. JK General Contractor draws the plans, files the county building permit and schedules each inspection. For an HOA community we put together the drawings, material samples and product sheets the architectural review board asks for, and we wait for the approval before any work starts. We file in Loudoun, Fairfax and Prince William counties, so you do not need to learn your county's process.
What a Class A license tells you
A Virginia Class A license is the top class the state issues, with no cap on the size of a single job or on the work a company does in a year. Ours is number 2705135143. It does not make a builder careful, but it does tell you the company has met the state's highest bar to take on large projects.
How do I know the work holds up?
Most of what decides that is underground or inside the frame. Footings are dug below the frost line and inspected before any framing. Ledgers are bolted to the house and flashed. Patios sit on a 4-inch concrete base poured with concrete from Capitol Concrete and sloped away from the house, and walls get drainage stone and pipe behind them. The county inspector checks the structural steps, and we schedule every one.
What happens if something needs attention after the job?
We come back and take care of it. Every JK General Contractor project comes with a two-year warranty, and because the shop is a short drive away, a return visit is easy to fit in. We also carry insurance, including workers' compensation for our crews, so an accident on your property is covered by us, not by you.
How long has JK General been building?
Since 2003, so over 20 years in Northern Virginia. JK General Contractor is a family business owned by Jose "JK" Abrego, who is bringing his sons, Jason and Kelvin, into the company. Much of our work comes from referrals and from past clients who call us back for the next project, often the patio after the deck or the porch after the patio. Our ratings on Google and Angi are on our reviews page.