Retaining walls, pergolas and sheds across Washington — built by Javier, who spent twenty years doing this for other people's companies before putting his own name on it.
After twenty years building for other companies, Javier started CJ Builds to put his experience — and his name — behind work of his own. His approach is simple: listen carefully, be upfront, and only take on work he's confident he can complete well.
A wall that does its job for decades and looks like it belongs there. Natural stone, block, or timber — the right answer depends on the ground, and Javier will tell you which.
Shade in August, structure all year, and somewhere to put the good chairs. Built for a Washington winter, not a catalogue photo.
Storage, a workshop, or the small building that finally holds everything. Sized to the yard you have, finished so it doesn't look like an afterthought.
And the rest of the project
Drag the handle. This is what a slope turns into when someone knows what they're doing.
Design inspiration — licensed photography and a few generated concepts (marked), credited below. Javier's own project photos go up as jobs finish.
Twenty years on the tools. A new name on the door. The same person picking up the phone and picking up the shovel.
You'll have a real conversation about what's possible, what it will take, and what makes sense for your home. Fair pricing matters. So does your budget. Javier is happy to talk through the numbers and find a scope that works for both of you — above all, he wants you to be happy with the result.
If it isn't the right job for him, he'll tell you before you've spent a dollar.
You'll know what's happening and when. No disappearing act.
His name is on the business now. That changes how a person builds.
You don't need drawings, measurements or a decision. A photo and a rough idea is plenty.
Send a photo of the space, your city, and what you'd like to change. Two sentences is fine.
Javier walks you through scope, timing and what the project genuinely needs — including what it doesn't.
A clear path forward and a number you both understand, before anyone picks up a shovel.
It depends almost entirely on height, length, soil and access — a two-foot garden wall and an eight-foot structural wall are different projects. Javier would rather look at your site and give you a real number than publish a range that turns out to be wrong for you.
CJ Builds is Washington-based. Send your city with your message and Javier will confirm straight away whether he can get to you.
Javier. That's the whole point of the business. You talk to the person doing the job, and he's the one accountable for how it turns out.
The company is new. The experience isn't — Javier has been on the tools for twenty years, most of it building for other companies. He'd rather tell you that plainly than pretend otherwise.
Not yet. They're licensed photography and design concepts, credited below, shown so you can point at what you like. Javier's own project photos go up as jobs finish.
He's on a job site most of the day, so a text often gets a faster reply than a call. Leave your city and what you're planning and he'll come back to you.
Call any time. Or fill in the form and it builds a text message you send yourself — nothing is submitted to a server, nothing is stored.
