The real cost to build a house Cape Cod owners will pay in 2026 rarely matches the number they walk in with. That figure usually came from somewhere unreliable — a friend’s project three years ago, a Zillow listing, or a national “cost to build” calculator that has never seen a flood map. On Cape…
A historic home renovation on Cape Cod is not a normal renovation with extra paperwork bolted on. The constraints — material specifications, design review, abutter notice, and the patience of a historic district committee — shape the project from the first sketch through the last coat of paint. Homeowners who treat a historic home renovation…
Basement waterproofing Cape Cod projects live or die on one decision: dealing with the water before you finish the space, not after. Most Cape Cod basements were never built to be finished living space — they were built as utility space below a house that sits on sandy soil with a water table close to…
This Dennis Port beachfront teardown came down to the chimney on camera. Some projects you can describe. This one you should just watch. A tired beachfront home in Dennis Port came all the way down this season, and we had cameras running the whole time. The time-lapse above compresses days of careful demolition into a…
What property management actually covers for a Cape Cod second home — inspections, storm response, vendor coordination, and emergency response when you’re not on the Cape year-round.
A true New England Cape Cod home follows rules you can read from the street. Drive down any lane in Dennis and you can name the old Capes before you read a mailbox. Steep roof. A chimney coming straight up through the middle. A front door centered between equal windows. Cedar shingles gone silver-gray from…
A Cape Cod home earns its keep on the Fourth of July, when it has to hold the whole family at once. That’s Sesuit Harbor, right here in Dennis — a couple minutes from our office. Most days it’s just boats and gulls. On the Fourth, the flag goes up a little higher and the…
The designer vs architect question trips up almost every Cape Cod homeowner planning a custom build. When you start planning a custom home, addition, or major renovation on Cape Cod, you’ll quickly run into a question that’s not always explained well: do you need an architect, or is a designer enough? The terms get used…
Cedar shingle siding maintenance on Cape Cod is less about hard work and more about timing. Drive any stretch of 6A and you’ll see them: weathered cedar shingles silvered to that particular Cape gray that no paint job can fake. They’ve been the default siding here for a reason. Done right, cedar shingle siding maintenance…
We’ve been a Dennis, MA custom home builder and remodeler since 1974 — a village-by-village look at building here, from Dennis Village to Dennis Port, from the local team that calls it home.
