Quality homes built in the New England tradition

Pre-engineering and component building is what makes it possible to build a house with efficiency and precision, and then ship it anywhere for final construction.

This is not a new concept. In fact, house components were pre-cut and shipped from England to the American Colonies in the seventeenth century.

Today, we carry the process several steps further. In addition to pre-cutting some components, we also preassemble sections of wall that can easily be assembled on site. We also cut and preassemble many of the important architectural elements such as entrances, cornices, returns, rake overhangs, etc., so that there will be no chance that these all-important elements will be misinterpreted or incorrectly applied at the job site.

What the Pre-engineered package includes:

STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS – Exterior Shell Package:
Lally columns, sills & sill sealer, girder(s), pre-cut floor systems, T&G plywood floor sheathing, panelized exterior walls with fir plywood sheathing applied, panelized interior walls, pre-cut rafters, fir plywood roof sheathing, 30# roofing felt, Brosco authentic divided lite windows, Wood doors with wood thresholds & Georgian Oil-Rubbed Bronze hardware, all exterior trim and architectural details (pre-built components wherever possible), cedar shingle roofing with cedar breather, vertical grain hemlock pre-primed clapboards, construction documents and shipping to within 250 miles of Middlebury, VT.

STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS – Optional Interior Package:
Six panel pine doors set in jambs, Schlage Oil-Rubbed Bronze hardware, select poplar 1x4 door trim with bead for doors and cased openings (rough-cut and bundled for each door and opening), select poplar 1 x 4 window trim with bead, 1x5 bullnose window sill and select poplar 1x4 window apron (rough-cut and bundled for each window), select poplar 1x6 baseboard with applied top edge bead (rough-cut and bundled for each room), 8009 crown moulding for first floor (rough-cut and bundled for each first floor room), wood closet shelving and rods (with hardware), basement stairs (2x10, open riser, rail one-side), main stairs (oak treads and nosing, poplar risers and stringers, beech newels and railings, paint grade balusters, and recessed panel wall under exposed stair wall), fireplace mantles, select poplar kitchen cabinets (raised panel, beaded inset flush door, dovetailed drawers, full extension drawer glides and porcelain knobs), bathroom vanities (to match kitchen cabinet specs), 10” and 12” wide pine flooring throughout, millwork plans and elevations and shipping to within 250 miles of Middlebury, VT.

SAMPLE OF OPTIONS:
Green Mountain Simulated Divided Lite wood windows, argon filled low-e glass, primed exterior, natural interior
Green Mountain Simulated Divided Lite clad windows, argon filled low-e glass, primed exterior, natural interior
Custom built outswinging carriage barn doors with electric operators
30-year IKO architectural asphalt shingles
Painted cabinetry
Cherry millwork