New home builds
Our specialty here. Ground-up homes on wooded Sandwich lots, from clearing and septic through framing, cedar shingles and hardscape.
Serving Sandwich · Upper Cape, MA
New homes, additions and renovations in Sandwich, MA.
We're a Bridgewater-based general contractor with two ground-up builds in Sandwich behind us: one finished and lived in, and one just completed and listed for sale in Forestdale. Wooded lots, sandy soils, shingle siding and the town's permitting — we've been through all of it here, with 30+ years in the trade and a 5.0 rating from the people we've built for.
Building on the Upper Cape
Sandwich lots ask for a builder who has done this before.
Sandwich is the oldest town on Cape Cod, and it shows in the mix: antique homes along the Route 6A corridor, mid-century capes and ranches in the neighborhoods off Route 130, and newer shingle-style construction on wooded lots in Forestdale and the south end of town. Both of our Sandwich projects are in that last category, and they taught us exactly what building here involves.
Start with the ground. Much of Sandwich is sandy pitch-pine and oak woodland, which means clearing, grading and a foundation designed for the soil rather than a stock detail. Most of town is on septic rather than sewer, so a new home or an added bedroom comes with a Title 5 system to design and permit alongside the house. And anything inside the Old King's Highway Regional Historic District, roughly the Route 6A side of town, needs exterior changes visible from the road approved by the historic district committee before the Building Department will issue a permit. None of that is a problem. It's sequence, and we plan for it from the first conversation.
Then the weather. The Upper Cape gets wind, salt air and long damp winters, so we build the way the old Cape houses still standing were built: white cedar shingles that weather to gray, properly flashed and vented roofs, and trim and fasteners chosen to last rather than just to pass inspection.
- Two completed ground-up Sandwich builds — one on the market now
- Septic, historic-district and Building Department permitting handled start to finish
- The crew that built them is the crew that shows up for you
5.0Google rating
What we build in Sandwich
From the first tree down to the last shingle.
Additions & decks
Room to grow without leaving town. Additions, farmer's porches and decks detailed to match the house and to shrug off Cape weather.
Custom woodwork
Timber-framed porch detailing, built-ins and trim — the parts of a house people notice without knowing why.
Renovations & remodels
Kitchens, baths and whole-house updates for Sandwich's older capes and colonials, historic district included.
Case study · Sandwich, MA
A shingle-style home, built from a wooded lot to the fire pit.
Ground-up construction on a pitch-pine lot in Sandwich: site work and foundation, framing, roofing and white cedar shingles, then the exterior hardscape that makes a new house feel settled. Timber-framed porch detailing, a bluestone rear patio and a paver drive with a stone fire pit finish the property.
Lot cleared and graded, footings dug and the foundation poured — the part nobody sees and everything sits on.
Walls, roof and the curved porch roof framed and sheathed, so the house was closed in before the finish trades started.
Cedar shingles, a bluestone patio and stairs off the back, the paver drive and fire pit — then the punch list, then the keys.
What the job involved
- Clearing, excavation and a poured foundation on a sandy, wooded lot
- Full framing and roofing; timber-framed farmer's porch with an arched entry
- White cedar shingle siding with painted trim
- Bluestone rear patio and stairs, paver driveway and a stone fire pit
- Permitting with the Town of Sandwich from start to finish
What it means for your Sandwich project
A new home here is as much about the lot as the house: what comes down, how the site drains, where the septic goes, how the driveway meets the road. We've worked through all of it in Sandwich twice — our second build in town went from raw land to a finished, landscaped home through a single winter, and it's on the market right now at 24 Country Farm Rd.
New Build · Completed · For sale
Also in Sandwich: the Forestdale build, finished and on the market
Raw land in the fall, framed through the snow, now a completed home at 24 Country Farm Rd — 3 bedrooms plus an office on one level, 2½ baths, on a landscaped half acre in Forestdale. Listed for sale.
Rated by real clients
"The project was completed on time, the quality of work was outstanding, and their attention to detail was second to none." — Lucas S., Google review
Sandwich FAQ
Answers before you even call.
Yes. We prepare and file the building permit with the Town of Sandwich, coordinate the inspections, and if your lot needs a new or upgraded septic system we bring the engineer in early so the Title 5 approval runs alongside the house plans rather than after them.
If it's inside the Old King's Highway Regional Historic District, exterior work visible from a public way — siding, windows, rooflines, additions — goes to the historic district committee for a certificate before the Building Department issues a permit. It's an extra step we plan for from the start: the submission goes in first and the schedule is built around it, so it's a step, not a stall.
That's exactly what both of our Sandwich projects were. We handle clearing, grading, the driveway cut and the foundation, and we'll tell you early what the lot is going to ask of the budget, before you're committed to a design that doesn't fit it.
White cedar shingles are the Cape standard for a reason: they handle salt air and wind, they weather to silver-gray, and they're easy to repair in sections. We used them on both Sandwich builds. If you'd rather not have the weathering, painted shingles or fiber-cement are options we'll walk through with you.
We're based in Bridgewater, a straight run down to the Sagamore Bridge, and Sandwich is right over it. It's a drive we already make — the Upper Cape is regular ground for us, not a stretch.
Beyond Sandwich
Also building across the Upper Cape and over the bridge.
Bourne, Mashpee, Falmouth and the villages of Barnstable on the Cape side; Plymouth, Wareham and the South Shore on ours. Same crew, same standard, on either side of the canal.
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Let's walk your lot
Building in Sandwich? We've done it twice.
Tell us what you're planning — a lot you're eyeing, a house you want to open up — and we'll walk it with you and quote it honestly.