Reeves Fine Homebuilding & Remodeling, Inc.

Reeves Fine Homebuilding & Remodeling is a second-generation custom home builder in Harwich, working the middle and upper stretches of Cape Cod. Jared Reeves runs it; he spent 12 years working alongside his father before taking the business over in 2005, and the company puts its combined run on the Cape at 40 years. The work splits between ground-up custom houses and the additions and renovations that Cape houses accumulate over time. The company frames that second half as a design problem as much as a construction one — adding space without compromising the integrity of the original house, in the rambling, gabled Cape idiom. It says it works with an outside designer on planning and keeps to a small set of subcontractors it has used over the years. It also states two affiliations: membership in the Homebuilders & Remodelers of Cape Cod and in the Better Business Bureau. Both are the company's own claims and are worth confirming directly with those organizations, as is any home improvement contractor registration and insurance before a contract is signed. Everything above comes from the company's own account of itself, so the picture is of what it says it does rather than of how past clients found the experience. Homeowners on the mid and upper Cape planning a custom build or a period-sympathetic addition are the natural fit; ask for the addresses of recent finished projects and the names of the subcontractors who will actually be on site, and speak to a couple of past clients directly.