Straight answers on building, renovating and reimagining Gold Coast homes, from the team behind 100+ custom projects.
Planning a home elevator? New York's 2025 code points private residence elevators to ASME A17.1 Section 5.3. See what the shaft, pit and power need at design.
What makes a shingle style house, a Georgian or a Tudor Revival? A Long Island builder explains North Shore house styles and what it takes to build one today.
Restoring an older home on the North Shore? What to keep, what almost always goes, and New York rules on buried heating oil tanks, historic districts and code.
What does an architectural review board look at on Long Island's North Shore? Massing, roofs, materials, fit with the street, and what your architect submits.
Renovate or move? In New York, sellers pay a $2 per $500 transfer tax and buyers a 1% mansion tax at $1M or more. How a Long Island builder weighs each path.
Basement ceiling height in new construction starts at 7 feet for habitable space in New York. A Long Island builder on egress, drainage and what to rough in.
