East End
General Contractor
Southampton, East Hampton, Shelter Island, Riverhead and the North Fork, where the review board and the calendar matter as much as the drawings.
What is different
about building
here.
Building on the East End is governed by two things a contractor from further west tends to underestimate. The first is design review: Southampton Village, East Hampton Village, Sag Harbor and Westhampton Beach all run architectural review boards with real authority over massing, materials and detail. A design that ignores the local vernacular does not simply take longer, it often does not get approved.
The second is the calendar. These are largely seasonal houses, and the working window runs roughly from Labor Day to Memorial Day. Millwork, stone and appliance lead times regularly run four months, which means a June deadline is decided the previous October. We order early and hold the schedule.
Add coastal erosion hazard rules on the ocean side, flood elevation on the bays, and agricultural reserve limits inland around Bridgehampton and the North Fork, and the buildable envelope on an East End parcel is frequently much smaller than the lot suggests. We establish it before anyone draws a floor plan.
Bridgehampton
Town of Southampton Building Division
East Hampton
Incorporated Village of East Hampton, or Town of East Hampton
Greenport
Incorporated Village of Greenport Building Department
Montauk
Town of East Hampton Building Department
Riverhead
Town of Riverhead Building Department
Sag Harbor
Incorporated Village of Sag Harbor Building Department
Southampton
Incorporated Village of Southampton, or Town of Southampton
Westhampton Beach
Incorporated Village of Westhampton Beach Building Department