Almost every list of questions to ask a contractor tells you to check the license, the insurance and the reviews. Those matter. But the question that decides how your job actually goes is simpler: who is doing the work? Many companies win the bid and then hand the whole job to whichever subcontractor is cheapest and available that week. At AGCS, your project is built by our own employees, with hand-picked specialty trades only where a license or specialty requires one.
What Goes Wrong When Everything Is Subcontracted
When a company subs out the entire job, the person who sold you the project often never returns to the site. Quality depends on a crew you never met and never agreed to. If that crew gets pulled to a bigger job, yours waits.
Accountability gets blurry. The framer blames the concrete, the concrete guy blames the grading, and you are the one standing in the middle trying to get an answer. Warranty claims are worse: the sub who did the work may not be working for that company anymore.
Price suffers too. Every layer between you and the crew adds a markup. Paying more for less control is a bad trade.
Crew turnover shows up in the finish work. Trim that doesn't line up, tile that doesn't match, punch lists that never close. Consistency comes from people who work together every week.
How AGCS Works Instead
Owner Kevin Solano is a licensed NC general contractor, NCLBGC #106996. He prices your project personally, and he stays accountable for it through final inspection.
Our own employees handle the core construction: framing, carpentry, concrete, decks, interior finish and repairs. For licensed trades such as electrical, plumbing and HVAC, we use specialty subcontractors we have worked with for years, chosen for their skill and not for the lowest number.
You get the same faces on site, one schedule, one written contract and one phone number. Questions go straight to the people doing the work, not through a call center.
We manage the permits and inspections on contracted projects, and payments are tied to completed progress, so what you pay always matches what is finished.
Vetting a Contractor in Lincolnton, NC
North Carolina requires a general contractor license for most projects over $40,000. Ask for the license number and look it up with the NC Licensing Board for General Contractors. Ask for a certificate of insurance sent directly from the insurer, including general liability and workers' compensation.
Then ask the questions the big review sites leave out: Who will actually be on my property? Are they your employees or subcontractors? Who is my point of contact if something goes wrong? Who pulls the permits? What does the warranty cover, and who honors it?
Be careful with large deposits, cash-only pricing, verbal scopes, and bids far below everyone else. A serious contractor gives you a written scope, a written price and a written warranty before anyone starts.
Why It Matters for Your Project
AGCS is veteran-owned, licensed and local. Customers give us a 5.0-star rating from 20+ Google reviews, and much of our work comes from repeat customers and neighbors who watched a job go well.
Fewer hands between you and the build means fewer delays, fewer surprises and one company standing behind the finished work.
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