O'Neill Bowes Building Company, Inc.

O'Neill Bowes Building Company is a newer name on Cape Cod — the company's own history describes it as founded by industry veterans Nick Bowes and Tim O'Neill, who came out of two long-established Cape Cod construction firms with more than 25 years of combined experience between them. Based in Osterville, it says it focuses on high-end custom homes, additions, renovations and historic restorations, with some commercial work, serving Osterville, Mashpee, Barnstable and the wider Cape. There isn't a customer-review track record here yet — BuildZoom's profile shows no reviews received, though it lists the company's Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor license as active, verified by BuildZoom in April 2026, and gives it a score of 90. On a 2025 Cape Cod Reddit thread about high-end residential contractors, one commenter speculated that because a principal previously worked at EB Norris — one of the area's recognized luxury builders — the new firm's work would likely meet that same standard; that's an inference about the founders' pedigree, not a description of any completed O'Neill Bowes project. Because the company is new, there's no finished-project history to point to yet. Anyone considering them for a custom build or historic restoration should ask to see completed work and talk to recent clients directly, since the public record so far is reputation-by-association rather than reviews.