From Idle Hour to the canal streets south of Montauk Highway, we are the remodeling contractor Oakdale homeowners call when the carpentry has to be right.
Oakdale sits about half an hour south of our Smithtown shop, and the houses here keep us honest. Twenty-three years in, I still treat every job the same way: show up when we said, keep the site clean, and tell you exactly what we find. That's the whole pitch, and it's why I want to be the remodeling contractor Oakdale homeowners call first.
The housing here covers a lot of ground. Idle Hour grew up on the old William K. Vanderbilt estate. North of Sunrise Highway you get postwar capes and ranches. Down by the Great South Bay, canal homes have been raised or rebuilt since Sandy. Each one needs a different conversation.
North of Sunrise Highway, most Oakdale kitchens are the original galley or L-shape from the 1950s and 60s. Owners want the wall to the dining room gone and room for an island. We confirm the framing first, then run the kitchen renovation in Oakdale from demo to final trim with our own crew.
Cabinet Installation is where a carpenter-run company shows. Old floors are rarely level here, so we shim and scribe until the doors line up and the counters sit flat.
Two rooms tell a remodeling contractor Oakdale homeowners hire a lot about the house: the original bath, and whatever is under it.
Many Oakdale baths still have their first tile and the original supply lines behind it. Once a wall is open we show you what's there. Our bathroom remodeling work in Oakdale includes real ventilation and the right backer board, every time.
North of Sunrise Highway, many basements are dry enough to finish. Closer to the bay, the water table decides. We check before quoting any basement remodeling in Oakdale, because a finished room that floods is not a finished room.
The canal streets south of Montauk Highway took the worst of Sandy in 2012. A lot of those houses were lifted afterward, and the inside work is not always finished. Stairs, entries and lower levels often need a carpenter to make them livable again.
We build home additions when a family needs more room, take on Whole Home Remodeling when a house is going back to the studs, and phase the work over a few months when that fits your budget better.
Flooring installation is one of the most common add-ons we do in Oakdale, mostly hardwood and tile laid over subfloors we have leveled first. Outside, Deck Building and patio construction come up often on lots that back onto the water or the woods by the Connetquot preserve.
Window Replacement and Siding Installation tend to land on the same list in these houses, since both fight the same damp air off the bay. I'll tell you at the estimate which parts my carpenters do and where we coordinate with a specialty trade.
I started as a carpenter, and the company still runs like one. Seven carpenters and a helper, all my own people, with trim and finish carpentry done in-house instead of handed off. We hold contractor's license 46440-H. Calls get returned within 24 hours and quotes go out within three days.
If you found us by typing remodeling contractor near me and scrolling past the big ads, here's what you get: a clean site at the end of each day, and updates without having to chase anyone.
We cover all of Oakdale, from Idle Hour and the old Dowling College campus to the streets around the train station. Head west on Montauk Highway past St. John's Church, which has stood by the Connetquot River since 1765, and you are in Great River, where we also work. We serve West Sayville, Sayville, Bohemia and East Islip too, and a short drive west, Baywood homeowners call us for the same kind of work.
If a remodeling contractor near me search brought you here from Oakdale, the map below shows the stretch of the South Shore we mean.
About half an hour from Smithtown. That's close enough for us to be on site early every morning.
Ask who actually does the work, how fast they return calls, and how they leave the site each night. Our carpenters are on our payroll, calls come back within 24 hours, and we clean up daily.
Yes. Raised homes often need new stairs, entry framing and lower-level finish work. That is carpentry, and it is what we do.
Oakdale is in the Town of Islip, so structural work, additions and most plumbing or electrical changes go through the town. We tell you at the estimate whether your project needs a permit.
Usually. We check whether the wall carries load first. If it does, we frame in a beam so the opening can still happen.
If it stays dry and has enough headroom, often yes. Closer to the bay we are more careful, and we will tell you honestly if it isn't a good idea.
Within three days of our visit, in writing.
Monday through Friday 8:00 to 4:30 and Saturday 9:00 to 1:00. Call 631-543-2600 anytime and we will get back to you within 24 hours.
Call 631-543-2600 or fill out the form. As a remodeling contractor Oakdale homeowners can actually reach, we return every call within 24 hours and send a written quote within three days.
