Heritage Building Conservation Services in Riverhead, NY

“It's been a pleasure to work with the Horton Group LLC on their most recent award winning development, The Residences at 66 High Street. Our Kitchen Designers had fun working the exposed beams and brick into their designs.”

“You can add us to what I know are several clients of DesignBuild Hamptons who were so impressed that we let our prior architect go (even though we were several months into planning with him). Our small (1100 s.f.) 19th c. cedar shake “fisherman’s shack” needed serious updating and rehab after our ancient roof sprang a leak and we were told that the fireplace that was our primary heat source had burned its last piece of wood. We wanted to bring the place closer to the 21st century, maybe even introduce central heat and air, but knew that our hopes of even a modest expansion would likely catch us up in regulatory red tape, with all the attendant consultants … and delay … and expense. We were well down that path, having hired two different consultants on top of our prior architect, when we were lucky enough to meet up with Tom and Annie. Shortly after our first meeting, Annie sketched out some design ideas that seemed both intriguing and re-assuring, conveying to us that she knew we wanted to preserve the feeling of the place, even while renovating. She modified and refined the plans over several informal and wide-ranging discussions, adding a master bedroom and bath; a completely re-designed, bright and airy kitchen; with higher ceilings, and more and larger windows both upstairs and down. For his part, Tom came up with solutions to the feared regulatory boondoggle that completely skirted that bureaucratic black hole and allowed us to send our growing team of consultants packing. With our prior architect, we’d spent months looking at plans, butting heads over design disputes, and encountering problems and complications at every turn. With Tom and Annie, we had our plans mostly figured out in six weeks. We first sat down with them in the Summer of 2010, broke ground on December 1st, and were in our completely transformed house the following August. Bill Milia’s building team (with Tom’s continuing involvement) delivered on Tom and Annie’s promises. We are absolutely delighted with the results. Not only did we repair our roof and replace our fireplace, but we added vertical space, trading a sweet, somewhat dark, cozy, but, by the end, non-functioning cottage into a bright, open, airy refuge – utterly transformed (including an en suite MBR, but somehow retaining its harmonious relationship with the landscape. Bill & Tom’s crew (and even the subs) were all great guys, totally enjoyable to have around. More importantly, of course, they did great work and got the job done. Tom and Bill’s billing practices are utterly transparent. Each monthly bill itemizes, and attaches, every invoice, so that you can see the costs, from boilers and windows literally down to screws and nails. Tom and Bill’s profit is a straight percentage, clearly calculated right there on the invoice. From Annie, Tom, and Bill, down to the last member of the crew to leave the project, everyone was committed to getting the job done, and done to our satisfaction. I don’t think you could find a more honest, committed, and responsible team if you searched far and wide.”

“We hired Rocco to build our modern style house in WHB. We found him to be a perfectionist and honest and felt the whole time he had our best interest in mind. He was thoughtful and creative and understood we were building a house to live in, not just frame for a picture. We are very happy with the work he did, and he remains readily available to us 3 years after the completion as things come up in due course.”

“We had the distinct pleasure of working with Telemark and their great crew on this amazing project. This house exemplifies what Telemark brings to their work - attention to detail and getting it right and to exceeding their customer's expectations (but not their budget!). I'm very proud and pleased to have worked with Telemark on this project.”

“Focused and motivated are the best ways I can summarize my experiences working with E.M. Rose Builders. Eric was a pleasure to work with and was always very responsive when we needed to get in touch with him. Their team is very detail orientated and careful in their work, as to provide the very best solutions for their clients. I look forward to our next project together.”