Renovations, additions, roofing, and decks. A second-generation crew of nine, one fixed quote, and a jobsite swept every night since 1987.
Kitchens, bathrooms, and whole-floor guts. We run demo, framing, and rough plumbing and electric through the two licensed subs we've used for a decade, then insulation, drywall, tile, cabinets, and finish carpentry with our own crew. One contract, one schedule, one number to call.
Bump-outs, family rooms, and full second stories. We pour the footings, frame, and tie the new roofline into the old one so it reads original. Siding and trim matched to the house, permits and inspections handled by us, start to finish.
Tear-offs and re-roofs in architectural asphalt, cedar, and standing-seam metal. Ice and water shield at every eave and valley, no exceptions. Most houses take two days, and we magnet-roll the lawn before the trucks leave.
Pressure-treated frames on poured footings, cedar or composite decking, and railings that pass inspection the first time. Screened porches, pergolas, and stairs that don't bounce. Built to be re-stained, not replaced.
White oak cabinetry, black fixtures, new subfloor, and a lighting plan that fixed a dark north-facing room.
420 square feet of cedar over a pressure-treated frame, an integrated bench, and wiring for low evening light.
A primary suite over a family room, 640 square feet, siding and trim matched to the 1962 original.
Dan walks the job with you, measures, and asks what the space needs to do. Free, and usually about an hour.
An itemized quote within the week: materials, labor, allowances, and a start date. The number is the number.
The crew arrives at 7:30, the site is swept every night, and you get a call every Friday with what happened and what's next.
We walk the finished job together with the punch list. Every item gets done before the final invoice. The 2-year warranty starts that day.
Ray Rafter framed his first house in 1987 with a borrowed nail gun. His son Dan has run the crew since 2012: nine carpenters, two trucks, and clients whose kids now call us for their own houses.
No rotating subs. The people who demo your kitchen are the ones who set the last cabinet, and Dan is on site every day.
Fixed and itemized. If anything changes, you sign it before we build it. Nobody opens the final invoice and winces.
The office picks up from 7 to 5. During your build you get Dan's cell, and he answers that too.
"The quote said six weeks and it took six weeks. The invoice matched the contract to the dollar. I have never said either of those sentences about a contractor before." Ellen · Millbrook
"They found rot behind our shower that nobody could have seen coming. Dan photographed it, priced the fix that same afternoon, and we lost four days, not four weeks." Mark · Harwick
A kitchen, an addition, a roof before winter. Walkthroughs are free, quotes are fixed, and the schedule is honest about when we can actually start.
(555) 555-0141Call before noon, Dan calls back the same day. Email answered by next morning.