Grew Building Company

Grew Building Company works out of 20 Atlantic Ave in South Yarmouth and builds and remodels houses across the Mid Cape. The company says it was founded in 1950 by Thomas Grew Sr. and is now run by the third generation of the family, putting its self-reported tenure at about 76 years. The work it is hired for is whole-house in scale: custom new homes, additions, and kitchen, bath and basement remodeling, per the service lists it publishes on Houzz and BuildZoom. A BuildZoom profile carrying this company's own address and phone counts 102 permitted projects, which is a substantial local build history for a Cape firm. The first-hand accounts are few but consistent. A 2025 Google reviewer described collaborating with Ben and his team and singled out his knowledge and attention to quality on a renovation. Another 2025 Google reviewer left only a short line of praise. The oldest account is a 2014 BuildZoom review from a homeowner who said the company built them a new house and was then hired again to renovate an older property. A Reddit commenter in a January 2025 r/CapeCod thread about South Yarmouth remodelers reported that the firm has been around for decades and called it dependable and professional; that is word-of-mouth, not a verified account of a job. What is worth raising before signing anything is the licensing. The company's own site states a Home Improvement Contractor registration #136840 and Construction Supervisor licence CS-076458, and BuildZoom lists those same numbers plus HIC #117762 as inactive or cancelled at the time it last checked. None of that has been confirmed against the state registry here, so ask to see current HIC and CSL cards and confirm them yourself on the Massachusetts registries before work starts. Note too that the named point of contact differs across accounts — Dave in the 2014 review, Ben in the 2025 one — which is normal for a generational handover but worth clarifying so you know who actually runs your job. This is a plausible call for a Cape Cod homeowner planning an addition, a full remodel or a new build who values a long-established local builder. Because the written record is thin — three reviews spread over eleven years — treat references as the main check: ask for two or three recent Mid Cape projects of the same scope as yours, and confirm the licence status directly.