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General Contractor Cobble Hill Brooklyn

Your Cobble Hill Home Deserves a Contractor Who Actually Shows Up

Brownstone renovations, kitchen remodels, gut rehabs handled start to finish by a Brooklyn-based team ranked in the top 1% of New York licensed contractors.
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Top 1% in New York

Our BuildZoom score of 120 ranks us among the top 1% of 77,888 licensed New York contractors verified, not self-declared.

MWBE Certified Business

We are a certified Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise, bringing community accountability alongside every project we take on.

Owner Accessible Throughout

Michael Palmisano Jr. stays personally reachable from first call to final walkthrough not handed off to a project manager after you sign.

Fully Licensed, Bonded, Insured

NYC DCWP Home Improvement Contractor License, Superintendent of Construction license, general liability insurance, workers' comp, and surety bond all current.

Home Renovation Cobble Hill Brooklyn

Cobble Hill Brownstones Demand a Contractor Who Knows the Neighborhood

Cobble Hill is one of Brooklyn’s most architecturally distinct neighborhoods. The Greek Revival and Italianate brownstones lining Amity Street, Henry Street, and Clinton Street are beautiful and they are also complicated. Pre-war plumbing, outdated electrical panels, load-bearing walls in unexpected places, and building stock that dates back to the 1800s require a contractor who understands what lies behind those facades. A contractor new to Cobble Hill will figure out the neighborhood’s quirks on your dime. We’ve been working in Brooklyn for over a decade. We understand the building stock, the co-op board approval process, and the permit requirements specific to this area. Whether you’re planning a full gut renovation, a kitchen remodel, a bathroom update, or a brownstone restoration, we manage every trade under one contract framing, flooring, electrical, plumbing, and finishes so you’re not left coordinating between people who’ve never met each other.
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Brownstone Renovation Cobble Hill Results

What You Actually Get When You Work With Us

One team, one contract, one point of contact and a finished space that looks and functions exactly the way you envisioned it.
  • You deal with one person throughout the entire project not a rotating cast of subcontractors you've never met.
  • Your permits are filed correctly the first time, so your project doesn't stall mid-renovation waiting on approvals.
  • You get a detailed written contract upfront scope, timeline, and payment schedule so there are no surprises after work begins.
  • Your brownstone's historic character stays intact on the outside while the interior becomes the functional, modern home you actually want to live in.
  • You can reach Michael directly, any time verified by customers across multiple independent review platforms.
  • Your finished renovation holds up to the standard of Cobble Hill's real estate market, protecting and increasing your property's value.

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Construction Company Cobble Hill Historic District

The Permit Process in Cobble Hill's Historic District Is More Complex Than Most Contractors Admit

Here is something many homeowners in Cobble Hill discover too late: if your property sits within the Cobble Hill Historic District, any exterior modification window replacement, facade work, stoop repairs, roof alterations requires approval from the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission in addition to a standard NYC Department of Buildings permit. That is two separate regulatory tracks, with two separate approval processes, running simultaneously. A contractor unfamiliar with this requirement can pull a DOB permit, start work, and still receive a stop-work order from the LPC for exterior modifications done without landmark authorization. The result is fines, remediation costs, and a project that grinds to a halt. We understand both tracks. We factor LPC review into the project timeline from day one, so you’re not blindsided six weeks into a renovation. Working in a landmarked neighborhood is not a complication for us it’s just part of how Brooklyn works.
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Kitchen Remodeling Bathroom Remodeling Cobble Hill

Every Trade, Every Finish, Under One Roof

Most of the stress in a renovation comes from coordination a plumber waiting on the electrician, a tile setter arriving before waterproofing is done, a painter showing up before trim is installed. In a 19th-century Cobble Hill walk-up with no freight elevator and neighbors on both sides, that kind of disorganization is expensive and exhausting. We handle kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling, brownstone renovations, and full gut rehabs with every trade working under our direct supervision. Design services are included in our scope not sourced from a separate firm you coordinate with separately. From the first framing wall to the final coat of paint, one team is accountable for the outcome. That model has earned us a 5.0 rating on Angi and consistent five-star reviews across every independent platform where our customers leave feedback.
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On-Site Consultation

We visit your Cobble Hill home, assess the scope, and ask the right questions before anything is put on paper.

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Detailed Written Proposal

You receive a clear, itemized proposal scope, timeline, materials, and payment schedule before any work begins or any commitment is made.

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Managed Build, Start to Finish

We pull permits, coordinate every trade, and keep you informed throughout with Michael personally reachable at every stage of the project.

Cobble Hill FAQs

Common Questions About Our Service

Yes, and this is one of the most important things to understand before starting any exterior renovation in Cobble Hill. If your property falls within the Cobble Hill Historic District which covers a large portion of the neighborhood you need approval from the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission for any exterior modification. That includes window replacements, facade repairs, stoop work, ironwork, and roof alterations. This is separate from the standard NYC Department of Buildings permit. Both approvals need to be in place before exterior work begins. Skipping the LPC step can result in a stop-work order, fines, and costly remediation. We manage both permit tracks as part of our standard process.
It depends on the project and your personal tolerance for disruption. For a kitchen or bathroom remodel, many homeowners in Cobble Hill choose to stay in the home especially if the rest of the space remains livable. For a full gut renovation, it’s usually more practical to make other arrangements, at least for the most intensive phases of the work. We’ll give you a straight answer during the consultation once we understand the full scope. We take job-site cleanliness seriously dust barriers, daily cleanup, and respectful treatment of your home are standard, not optional.
If you own a co-op in Cobble Hill and many buildings on the residential streets between Court Street and Hicks Street are co-ops your board will almost certainly require a formal renovation package before any work begins. This typically includes a detailed scope of work, architectural drawings if structural changes are involved, proof of contractor licensing and insurance, a certificate of insurance naming the building as an additional insured party, and a signed alteration agreement. Boards also commonly impose noise restrictions and work-hour limitations. We’ve navigated this process in Brooklyn co-ops before, and we know how to prepare the documentation correctly so your board approval doesn’t become a bottleneck.
A full brownstone renovation in Cobble Hill typically means touching almost every system in the building structural framing, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, insulation, windows, flooring, kitchen, bathrooms, and all interior finishes. In a 19th-century building, you should also expect to address original plumbing stacks, outdated electrical panels, and potentially load-bearing walls that don’t appear on any original drawing. Garden-level conversions are also common in this Brooklyn neighborhood converting underutilized below-grade space into a home office, additional bedroom, or rental unit. These projects require attention to egress, waterproofing, ceiling height, and certificate-of-occupancy requirements. We handle all of it under one contract.
In New York City, residential contractors are required to hold a Home Improvement Contractor (HIC) license issued by the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. You can verify any contractor’s license directly on the DCWP website using their license number. Our NYC DCWP Home Improvement Contractor License number is 1302135 you can look it up right now. We also hold a Superintendent of Construction license and five additional licenses through the New York license board, all of which are verifiable through BuildZoom. A contractor who won’t give you a license number, or whose number doesn’t come back clean on the DCWP site, is a contractor worth walking away from regardless of how good their portfolio looks.
When you hire individual tradespeople separately a plumber here, an electrician there, a tile setter from somewhere else you become the project manager. You’re the one scheduling them, resolving conflicts when one trade’s work affects another’s, and figuring out why the timeline slipped when two of them couldn’t coordinate their schedules. In a Cobble Hill brownstone, where the building stock is old and surprises are common, that coordination burden can be significant. A general contractor takes that off your plate entirely. We schedule every trade, supervise the work, manage the permit process, and handle any issues that come up along the way. You stay informed without having to run the job yourself.