What we do
We do both halves of the house.
Design-build construction and the finish trades under one contract, from foundation and frame to cabinets, tile and countertops.
What we build
The three ways a project starts
New Construction
Ground-up custom homes across the NH Seacoast and southern Maine, carried by one company from the first test pit to the certificate of occupancy. Site work, foundation, frame, envelope, mechanicals and finishes on one contract and one schedule.
Additions
New square footage tied into the existing house so the roofline, the siding and the floor heights read as original. The joint between old and new is the hard part, and it is the part we plan first.
Full House Renovations
Whole-house remodels run in sequence by one contractor, so no trade undoes work that is already done. We know the older Seacoast housing stock: plaster, knob-and-tube wiring, undersized panels and the surprises behind them.
The trades
Six trades we carry ourselves
- RoofingArchitectural asphalt and standing seam metal, installed to GAF certified standards.
- SidingFiber cement, engineered wood, vinyl and cedar, flashed and detailed for New England weather.
- Kitchen CabinetsCabinetry designed, ordered and installed, with a Dover showroom to see it in person first.
- FlooringHardwood, engineered and luxury vinyl plank over a subfloor prepped to tolerance.
- TileBathrooms, showers, floors and backsplashes, waterproofed behind the tile you see.
- CountertopsQuartz, granite and solid surface, templated off the installed cabinets.
On new builds, additions and full renovations, the licensed systems trades come with the contract: electrical, plumbing and HVAC, performed by the trade partners we build with job after job, plus insulation and drywall, all sequenced and inspected by us.
Roofing and siding also have a dedicated site at novaroofingsiding.com, and cabinetry at novakitchensdesigns.com.
Why one company
What running the whole project covers
Scope, drawings and permits
Plans that match what you want, filed with the right building department, with inspections booked where they belong in the schedule.
Long-lead ordering
Windows, cabinets and countertops get ordered weeks before anyone needs them.
Sequence
Roof on before insulation, drywall before flooring, and countertops templated only after the cabinets are set and shimmed level.
The crews
One calendar for framers, roofers, siders, electricians, tile setters and installers, rebuilt by one person when it rains for four days straight.
Money and change orders
One contract, with payments, allowances and change orders set out in writing before you sign.
Punch list and closeout
One number to call when a door needs adjusting in February after the house has moved.
Worked example
A kitchen-end addition, in order
A 400-square-foot addition off the back of an older Cape, holding a new kitchen and a half bath. Conventionally that is six or seven separate companies; here the order is set before anything gets demolished.
Foundation, frame and envelope, tied into the existing structure with the roof pitch and wall planes worked out on paper first.
New roof shingled to match and flashed into the existing roof and wall while the wall is still open, which is the only cheap time to do it.
Weather barrier, window flashing and cladding, blended into the existing siding under the same contract as the framing.
Subfloor flattened before anything finished touches it, because flooring thickness decides whether the new floor meets the old one flush.
Cabinets designed in the Dover showroom, then set level and shimmed to a flat plane that every later step inherits.
Templated off the installed cabinets rather than the drawings, then fabricated and set in one trip.
Backsplash and the half bath, with waterproofing behind the tile in the wet areas.
Under one contractor those are seven line items on one schedule, with one person answering for the gaps between them. Split across separately hired companies, each handoff is a phone call you make.
One estimate, whole job or one trade
The first step is the same for one trade or the whole house: we walk the property, talk through what is realistic, and put together a scope and a number you can hold us to.
Showroom in Dover, NH · Serving the New Hampshire Seacoast and southern Maine