An owner-run remodeling contractor Southold homeowners can call for kitchens, baths, and the carpentry an old North Fork house keeps asking for.
I'm Vincent Daddio, and for 23 years my crew has been the remodeling contractor Southold families reach when a job needs a carpenter's eye, not a showroom pitch. We work out of Smithtown with seven carpenters and one helper. Southold sits at the far end of our service area, so when we take a job out here we plan it like a real project, with materials staged and a schedule you can hold us to.
Most of what we see in Southold falls into two camps. Older farmhouses and cottages off Main Road, with plaster walls, wavy floors and trim nobody makes anymore. And newer homes up toward the Sound that need a kitchen or bath brought up to date. Both get the same approach: open it up, tell you what we found, then build it right.
Three rooms make up most of our Southold calls. Each one comes with its own North Fork quirks.
Southold kitchens in older houses were often added onto two or three times. We check what is holding the ceiling up before a wall comes out. From there our kitchen remodeling in Southold runs from demo through cabinet installation with the same carpenters start to finish.
With the bay on one side and the Sound on the other, the air stays damp out here. Every Southold bath we do gets real ventilation and a moisture-rated backer behind the tile. If you want a full bathroom remodeling plan for your Southold home, we walk it with you room by room.
Close to the bay, a lot of Southold houses sit on crawlspaces or shallow basements. Where the foundation is dry and tall enough, a finished lower level can add a den or guest room. Where it isn't, we tell you so before you spend a dollar.
Southold houses take weather from two directions. Homes along North Road catch wind off Long Island Sound all winter, and the bay side gets damp, salty air off Peconic Bay. Old wood windows rot at the sills, and shingles weather fastest on the side that faces the water.
Our carpenters handle window replacement with new sills and trim, not just a unit dropped into a rotted opening. For Siding Installation and cedar shingle repair, I will tell you at the estimate which parts my crew does and which we coordinate with a specialty trade.
Plenty of Southold houses are second homes, or homes that just became full-time ones. That usually means a bigger kitchen, another bath, or more room. We build home additions and take on Whole Home Remodeling when a house needs everything at once, and we are glad to phase a Home Renovation over a couple of seasons if that suits you better.
Outside, deck building is a common request from North Fork owners, and Patio Construction often gets planned alongside it. Flooring Installation, trim and doors usually ride along with the bigger job, since the same carpenters are already on site.
Here is something any remodeling contractor Southold homeowners hire should know before quoting the job. The Long Island Expressway quits at Riverhead, and from there it's Route 48 or Main Road the rest of the way. On a summer Saturday, Main Road backs up with vineyard and farm stand traffic, so we time deliveries and dumpster swaps for weekdays.
Permits for structural work go through the Southold Town Building Department. If your house is a designated town landmark, exterior changes can get an extra review, and we build that time into the schedule from day one.
I started this business because I love the work, and I still run it that way. Every call comes back within 24 hours, and you get a written quote within three days. We keep a clean job site, sweep up at the end of each day, and tell you where things stand before you have to ask.
We carry contractor's license 46440-H, and the people who show up are my own carpenters, not a rotating cast of subs. If you searched remodeling contractor near me and landed here from the North Fork, that is the difference I'd want you to know about.
Beyond Southold, we take jobs in Peconic, Cutchogue, Mattituck, Greenport and Orient. Heading back west, we also serve homeowners in Riverhead, and closer to our Smithtown shop we remodel houses in Lake Grove and the towns around it.
Whether you are on the bay side or up near Horton Point Lighthouse, a remodeling contractor near me search from Southold should turn up a crew willing to make the drive. We are.
Yes. Southold is part of our service area. It's a bit over an hour from our Smithtown shop, so we schedule Southold jobs in solid blocks of days instead of quick visits.
Mostly carpentry. Leveling floors, rebuilding window openings, matching old trim, and reframing rooms that were added on over the years. Kitchens and baths get the same care, since the walls behind them are usually the oldest part of the house.
Structural changes, additions and most new plumbing or electrical work need one through the Southold Town Building Department. We tell you at the estimate whether your scope needs a permit and what the town will ask for.
Every call is returned within 24 hours, and you get a written quote within three days of our visit.
Yes. Plenty of North Fork owners are not on site during the week. We send updates and photos as the job moves so you are never guessing.
Sometimes. It depends on how dry the foundation stays and how much headroom you have. We look at both before recommending any basement work.
Carpentry is done by our own seven carpenters. For trades like plumbing, electrical or siding, I tell you up front who is doing what.
Monday through Friday 8:00 to 4:30 and Saturday 9:00 to 1:00. Call 631-543-2600, and if we miss you, we call back within 24 hours.
Call 631-543-2600 or send the form. You will hear back within 24 hours, and if we are the right remodeling contractor Southold has for your project, you will have a quote within three days.
