Bay Shore has the most mixed housing stock of anywhere we work. Around fifteen per cent of the homes here predate 1940, and they sit on the same streets as Capes and hi-ranches from the fifties through the seventies. You will find Victorians, American Foursquares and Tudors a few doors from a 1963 ranch.
It is also the least suburban town on our list. Only about half the housing is detached single-family. The rest is two-family homes, converted houses and apartments, concentrated toward downtown. That means we get two quite different kinds of call here.
Two kinds of work in Bay Shore
Older homes, where the materials are not modern. A Foursquare or a Victorian has plaster walls, deep trim profiles that are no longer manufactured, and doors that are solid rather than hollow. None of that is difficult, but it is unforgiving of shortcuts. A modern colonial casing butted against 1915 trim is obvious from across the room, and a plaster wall patched like drywall cracks again by the following winter.
Turnover work between tenants. This is a different job entirely. It is a race against a vacancy, and what matters is that the list gets closed out in one visit: patch and paint, door hardware, blinds, closet doors and tracks, towel bars and fixtures reseated, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors mounted properly rather than stuck to the ceiling.
Access is a real factor downtown. Parking near Main Street and the side streets off it is genuinely tight, and some of the multi-family houses have narrow stair access that limits what can be carried up in one piece. We would rather know that when quoting than discover it on the day.
What we do in Bay Shore
What we will not do
We do not do in-wall electrical or plumbing, gas appliances, or anything requiring a permit. For landlords that last one matters, because some turnover work crosses into it without being obvious.
We will tell you where the line is before you book, not after.
Questions from Bay Shore owners and landlords
Do you do apartment and rental turnovers?
Yes. Send the list and we will price the whole thing rather than by the hour, so you know the number before the unit is empty.
Can you work around a tenant who is still in the unit?
Yes, with notice. It changes how we sequence things and it is slower, so it is worth telling us up front rather than on the morning.
Our house is a Foursquare and the trim is nothing like what the store sells. Can you match it?
Usually, by building the profile up from stock pieces or sourcing salvage. It takes longer than nailing up a modern casing and it is the difference between a repair that disappears and one you notice every time you walk past.
Do you handle two-family houses?
Yes. The work itself is no different. The scheduling is, because there are two households to coordinate around, so we plan for that.
Got a list?
Whether it is your own home or a unit that needs turning around, call (631) 910-6240 or request a free quote. New customers get 20% off the first service.
Nearby towns we serve
We cover the South Shore from Babylon east to Islip. If you are between two of these, call and ask.