You stay the owner
In the eyes of the law, it's your house and your build. Every subcontract is a contract between you and the trade contractor.
Construction management · Charlotte & the surrounding area, NC
Building your home, with a manager on your side.
Northmark Management LLC is a construction management firm serving homeowners in Charlotte and the surrounding area. We act as the owner's agent — handling subcontractor bidding, scheduling, supervision, permits, inspections, budgeting, and quality control — so your home gets built right while you stay in full control. Flat monthly fee. Owner-funded projects, transparent accounting, no surprises.
- Flat monthly fee
- You hold the contracts
- Every dollar accounted for
Modern and contemporary homes are our specialty — clean lines, open floor plans, big glass, and bold rooflines. Homes like these leave no room for sloppy sequencing: every trade has to be on site in the right order, and every detail has to match the design. That's the build Northmark was made for.
We manage your modern home build end to end — bidding, scheduling, supervision, and paperwork — while you stay in control of the contracts and the money.
The arrangement
Plain terms, agreed in writing, before anyone breaks ground.
Northmark is your agent
We bid, schedule, supervise, buy materials, and sign project documents as your disclosed agent — never as the contractor.
Your money stays yours
You fund a dedicated project account. Northmark pays subs and invoices from it — with owner funds only, never its own.
One flat monthly fee
That's the only money Northmark earns. No percentage of your build, no markups on bids or materials.
How it works
You own the build. We run it.
Building a custom home usually means handing everything to a general contractor — or trying to run a job site yourself. Northmark is the third way: a professional manager working only for you, while the contracts and the control stay in your hands.
01
Plan & budget
Before ground breaks, we turn your plans into a realistic budget and a lined-up roster of trades.
- Cost estimating & construction budgeting
- Subcontractor bidding, leveled apples-to-apples
- Permit, HOA & utility applications filed for you
02
Contract & fund
You sign the subcontracts — Northmark signs only as your agent — and you fund the project's dedicated account.
- Contracts negotiated on your side of the table
- Dedicated project account, funded monthly by you
- $10,000 standard spending authority, so small decisions never stall the job
03
Build & supervise
Northmark is on site running the sequence — every trade in the right order, every stage checked before it's covered up.
- Scheduling, coordination & daily supervision
- Quality control & county inspections, booked and passed
- Materials bought as your agent; changes priced & approved first
04
Pay & account
Every payment is certified, protected by a lien waiver, and reported to you down to the dollar.
- Subs paid only for work actually completed
- Lien waiver collected with every payment
- Full monthly accounting — every dollar in, every dollar out
Your money
Follow your money through one month.
Your project funds never mix with Northmark's own money. This is the monthly cycle, the same every month of your build — tap each step.
Certified funding request
Northmark assembles the month's paperwork: certified subcontractor pay applications for work actually completed, the material invoices, and Northmark's flat monthly fee — one clear funding request, with the receipts to back every line.
The golden rule: Northmark spends only money you've already funded — never its own. Our only income is the flat monthly fee, so our advice is never colored by a markup.
Services
Everything a build needs, handled.
From the first budget number to the final accounting, one point of responsibility — yours. Grouped the way a project actually unfolds.
Pre-construction
Before ground breaks
- Cost estimating & construction budgetingRealistic build budgets before you commit
- Subcontractor bidding & bid levelingCompetitive bids, compared apples-to-apples
- Contract negotiationAs your agent, not the contractor's
- Building permit applicationsPrepared and filed on your behalf
- HOA & utility applicationsArchitectural approvals, meters, connections
During construction
While the house goes up
- Project scheduling & coordinationEvery trade in the right order, on time
- Subcontractor supervisionDaily oversight of who's on site and what they're doing
- Quality control inspectionsWork checked against plans and code at every stage
- Materials purchasingBought as your agent, at contractor pricing
- Inspection schedulingCounty inspections booked and passed
- Change order managementEvery change priced and approved before it happens
- Owner progress reportingPlain-English updates, photos, what's next
Money & paperwork
Every dollar, documented
- Pay application certificationSubs only get paid for work actually done
- Lien waiver collectionEvery payment protected with signed waivers
- Monthly project accountingEvery dollar tracked and reported
- Fund disbursementProject bills paid from your funded account, on schedule
What you pay Northmark
One flat monthly management fee — agreed in writing before work starts, invoiced monthly, the same in a quiet month as a busy one. It pays for the bidding, scheduling, supervision, paperwork, and accounting that keep your build moving and your money documented.
What you never pay
- No markup on subcontractor bids
- No markup on materials
- No percentage of your total build cost
- No surprise charges — every change is priced and approved before the work happens
About Northmark
A builder's standard, in the manager's seat.
Northmark Management LLC was founded by a professional builder who works to one standard: build to the requirements, obey the law, and never cut corners on quality. Good faith isn't a slogan here — it's how every bid, signature, and inspection is handled.
Northmark sits in the manager's seat by design. We're not a general contractor, and we don't pass your construction dollars through our books. You hold the contracts and fund the project; licensed, insured trade contractors do the trade work; Northmark makes sure the right people do the right work in the right order — and that you're never guessing where your money went.
Built to requirements — every stage checked against the plans and the code.
By the book — permits, inspections, lien waivers, and paperwork done properly.
No corners cut — quality verified before it's covered up, not discovered after.
Good faith, in writing — flat fee, transparent accounting, changes approved before they happen.
Questions
Straight answers, before you ask.
No — by design. Northmark is a construction management company that works as the owner's agent. You contract directly with licensed, insured trade contractors; Northmark bids, schedules, supervises, and handles the paperwork on your behalf. The contracts — and the control — stay in your hands.
You do. Every subcontract is between you and the trade contractor. Where a day-to-day signature is needed, Northmark signs as your disclosed agent — "Northmark Management LLC, as agent for [you]" — so the agreement is always yours, never ours.
One flat monthly management fee, agreed in writing before work starts and invoiced monthly. No percentage of the build and no markups on bids or materials — so Northmark's only incentive is a well-run project, not a more expensive one.
Northmark sends a certified funding request — subcontractor pay applications, material invoices, and the monthly fee. You fund your dedicated project account within 15 days; Northmark pays everyone within 7 days of funding, collecting lien waivers as it pays, and sends you a full accounting of every dollar each month. Northmark never advances its own money, and if funding stops, the work can pause rather than run on credit.
Routine day-to-day items up to an agreed spending limit — $10,000 is standard — so a small fix never waits on a phone call. Anything above the limit, and every change order, is priced and gets your written approval before the work happens.
Northmark does — building permits prepared and filed as your agent, county inspections scheduled and walked, HOA architectural approvals and utility connections handled. Where stamped plans are required, licensed design professionals prepare them and Northmark coordinates the process.
Contact
Tell us about your build.
Thinking about building in Charlotte and the surrounding area? Send a consultation request using the form and we'll talk through your lot, your plans, and how the owner's-agent model would run your project. Prefer to talk first? Call or text us.
Where we work
Northmark is a service-area business serving Charlotte and the surrounding area, including Stanly & Cabarrus counties in North Carolina. We come to your lot and your job site — there's no storefront to visit.