History

Cook Bros. has evolved from a small handyman business in the early 1980's started by Rob Cook to help pay the bills during his college education. Much of Rob's early remodeling experience came from working alongside his father renovating investment properties while a high school student (Yorktown HS Class of 1977) and later as a college student. In 1983 Rob graduated from Rice University in Houston, Texas and after graduation, he served as a construction manager for a major regional home builder in Houston - personally responsible for the management of the construction of hundreds of houses from the ground up. In 1986, Rob and wife Ande returned to his Northern Virginia roots and Cook Bros. found a permanent home - rapidly growing from a small painting and handyman company at inception in 1985 to the well-known Arlington Design/Build firm in operation today. Instrumental in this growth has been Steve Tinter, who started with Cook Bros. as a carpenter in the early 90's and who has advanced over the years to now being the General Manager and salesman for the company. AJ Cook assists Steve in sales – another generation of “Cook” in Cook Bros., representing both our long-term outlook and commitment to this industry and to the Northern Virginia community.

The company began with smaller remodeling jobs in Arlington such as porch enclosures, entries, and room remodels, growing quickly into full bath and kitchen remodels. Cook Bros. built its first major addition in 1992 – a two story family room and kitchen with a master bedroom, upstairs laundry and bath. This was the beginning of the Design/Build stage of operation. In the following years Cook Bros. always had an addition in process and by 1996, would have two addition jobs running at any given time. In 1997 Cook Bros. started designing and building larger projects typically being 2 stories, expanded kitchen with family room, and master bedroom and bath. These large comprehensive additions quickly developed into a particular expertise of the company. By 1999, with Steve Tinter then managing the field operations, Cook Bros would be building 2-3 major additions at any given time, along with several smaller scope projects such as basements, kitchens or baths. Tammy Cook joined the team in 2003 to assist with and coordinate the customer selection process. Since 2004, Steve and Rob have been implementing structure and systems to efficiently and in a consistent and timely manner manage numerous major addition projects. Currently Cook Bros consistently runs 10 or more projects under construction at any given time and has the organization and systems to efficiently handle this work flow and more. Our driving goal is to grow only if we can satisfy all of the customers as well as when there was only one at a time. This ability as we all know is a function of organization, communications and at the core... our people.