In Bay Shore the address changes the job before the drawings do. Grade drops as you move south from Sunrise Highway toward Montauk Highway and on toward the Great South Bay, so an addition on a north-end lot is ordinary framing and carpentry, while a similar addition further south can sit in a mapped flood zone. There the Town of Islip's flood-damage-prevention requirements come into play, and on a large enough scope a substantial-improvement determination can pull elevation and utility-location rules into a project the homeowner expected to be straightforward.
Bay Shore houses are rarely one house. Near the water there are estate-era homes with balloon framing and plaster on lath; around downtown and the LIRR station, early twentieth-century colonials and foursquares; north of Montauk Highway, postwar capes, ranches and split-levels. Many have been added onto more than once — a 1950s rear extension on an older frame, sometimes a section raised after Sandy — each built to the rules of its own era. The seams between those eras are where floor heights, framing and load paths disagree, and they are exactly where a job normally gets handed between trades. We use our own crews and one project manager, so the seam stays with one person.
Because Bay Shore is unincorporated, residential permits are reviewed by the Town of Islip building department. Not every property with a Bay Shore mailing address falls under that review, though — the neighboring incorporated Village of Brightwaters handles its own — so we confirm the authority for your address before anything is drawn. From there we open walls before committing to a scope, since soft sheathing, rotted band joists and punky sill plates turn up regularly on low-lying and creek-side lots. We carry the drawings, permits, inspections and sequencing ourselves, including deliveries and dumpster placement that narrow waterfront streets and downtown Bay Shore traffic will actually allow.
Frequently asked questions — General Residential Contracting in Bay Shore
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