Silvia & Silvia, LLC

Silvia & Silvia, LLC builds and remodels on Cape Cod from 1284 Main Street in Osterville. By its own account the Silvia family has been building homes and commercial property here since 1970, and the firm presents itself as handling a project end to end — architectural planning, permitting, coordinating trades, and property management afterwards. The services list is broad for a builder: custom homes and additions, kitchen remodels, historic building conservation, accessory dwelling units, green and energy-efficient building, basement and attic conversions. Its stated coverage runs across some thirty Cape villages from Sandwich and Sagamore through Barnstable, Hyannis, Mashpee and out to Dennis and Yarmouth. The written record is very thin. One review exists, posted in December 2013 on Houzz, and it is glowing: the writer called them 'one of the finest builders I have worked with', praised the crews and the organisation, and described working closely with Ron on cabinetry for a house with three master bedrooms, five guest rooms and a pool house, singling out the kitchen. That account came from a design professional working alongside the company rather than a homeowner who hired them, and it is now more than a decade old. The firm does not publish a licence number — its Houzz profile says the number is available 'upon request' — so nothing here has been checked against the state registry. For a project of the size this company takes on, ask for the Construction Supervisor and Home Improvement Contractor numbers up front, ask for two or three recent Cape clients you can call, and get the scope, allowances and payment schedule in writing.