Grew Building Company

Grew Building Company is a South Yarmouth general contractor that builds custom homes and handles additions and remodeling across the Mid Cape. The company describes itself as third-generation family-owned, founded in 1950 by Thomas Grew Sr. — about 76 years in business by its own count, which makes it one of the older continuously trading builders on the Cape. The volume behind that claim is visible in the permit record: BuildZoom's profile for David A Grew at the company's South Yarmouth address shows 102 permitted Cape Cod projects. Its Houzz profile lists custom homes, additions, remodeling, restoration, basement work and accessory dwelling units, with four project galleries. What people say is warm but thin on volume. A 2014 BuildZoom review from a client said the company built them a new house that was "perfect" and that they hired the same builder again to renovate an older house of theirs, with no complaints. Two January 2025 Google reviews praise Ben and his team for knowledge and prioritising quality on renovation and remodel work. On r/CapeCod, a December 2024 commenter recommended the firm for Mid-Cape renovation and said they were a repeat customer themselves, and a January 2025 commenter called it "dependable and professional" and noted it has been around for decades. The caution here is documentation rather than complaints. There are only three written reviews on file across all platforms, the earliest from 2014 — a small sample for a company of this age, and the platform averages (5 stars from 3 Google ratings, 5 stars from one BuildZoom rating) rest on very few voices. On licences, the company states a Home Improvement Contractor registration #136840 and Construction Supervisor Licence CS-076458 on its own site, and BuildZoom lists those numbers plus an additional HIC #117762 while showing them as inactive or cancelled; none of that is registry-verified here. Before booking, ask for the current licence and insurance certificates directly and check the numbers yourself, ask which family member or project manager will actually run your job — reviewers name both Dave and Ben — and ask to walk a recent completed project of the type you want built.