What a general contractor is actually responsible for.

A walkthrough of the property and a written scope of work before you are committed to a number. Existing conditions recorded, work broken into line items rather than allowances, and the items that carry the most cost uncertainty identified as such.

Useful before an offer, before a loan commitment, or when an inherited scope needs testing.

General contracting for single family and small multi-unit residential property taken from existing condition to a defined finished state. Structure, envelope, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, interior finish, and exterior work carried under one scope and one schedule.

Subcontracted trades are scoped, bid, sequenced, and held to the schedule and the specification. Every trade signs to a defined scope so the gaps between trades belong to someone before they become a dispute on site.

Homer Reno contracts and coordinates trades. It does not represent itself as self-performing them.

Kitchens, baths, layout changes, floors, walls and ceilings, millwork, and finish work, executed inside a whole-project scope rather than as isolated jobs. Selections are tracked as decisions with dates, because a late selection is a schedule problem.

Roofing, siding, masonry repair, windows and doors, gutters and drainage, porches and stairs, and site work. Envelope items are sequenced ahead of interior finish so completed work is not exposed to weather or reopened later.

Building the work as the permitted set describes it, coordinating with the design professional when a field condition and the drawings disagree, and routing revisions through the authority having jurisdiction rather than around it.

Permit fees, plan review, and inspection costs are governed by the authority having jurisdiction and are handled as project costs unless an agreement says otherwise.

Inspections are treated as scheduled activities with predecessors, not as interruptions. The work is complete and accessible, the required documents are on site, and the trade responsible is available before the inspection is called.

Progress reported against scope line items, with the supporting records assembled into a draw package a lender or a partner can review. Where a lender has its own inspection and disbursement process, the project record is prepared to that process.

Conditions found once the building is open get written up when they are found: what was discovered, what it affects, the cost and schedule impact, and the options. Nothing proceeds on a verbal agreement, and no change is absorbed quietly into the contract sum.

A regular written record of what happened on site, what is scheduled next, which decisions are waiting on the owner, and which risks are open. Out-of-state and hands-off owners get the same record as owners who visit weekly.

Punch list worked to completion, final inspections closed, permits closed out where the jurisdiction requires it, and the closeout set handed over: warranties, product data, subcontractor contacts, and the final scope and change record.

Where an owner already has a contractor and wants a second set of eyes on scope, pricing structure, schedule logic, or draw substantiation, that support is available as its own engagement.

Offered where it does not conflict with a contracting role on the same project. The position is stated in writing before the engagement starts.