Sylvester Building Movers, Inc.

Sylvester Building Movers, Inc. is a family-run house and building mover based in East Falmouth on Cape Cod, moving, raising and relocating buildings since 1954. Founded by John Sylvester, the company passed to his son Gary in 1980, who was then joined by his son-in-law Kevin in 1998 -- three generations of the same family still running it today. The company describes moving and raising historic, residential and commercial structures as its main focus, handling excavation, demolition and flood-zone building elevation in-house rather than through subcontractors. Better Business Bureau categorizes the firm under House Movers and gives it an A+ letter grade, though the business has not pursued BBB accreditation. BBB also shows the business was incorporated in 1999, even though the family's building-moving practice traces back to 1954 -- one of the longer continuous track records of any specialty mover on the Cape -- with four employees and nothing on file with the Bureau to review. For a Cape Cod homeowner or institution facing a failing foundation, a flood-zone relocation, or a structure that needs raising rather than rebuilt, Sylvester's decades of specialized, family-run experience in exactly that niche is the reason to reach out.