Building & construction · Eastern CT · RI · MA
Custom homes, additions, framing, garages, decks, and siding. We hold the contract, we're on site, we coordinate the trades. No handoff to a builder who's never been to the lot.
What we're known for
Roberts Construction has been building in eastern Connecticut for over two decades. The work is residential and light commercial — custom homes, family-scale additions, garages and outbuildings, the deck off the back, the new siding when the old one's done.
What differentiates the work is the geography we know. Granite ledge in Sterling. Glacial till and seasonal wet in Plainfield bottomland. Mill-era foundations in Willimantic and Putnam. NPU coordination in Norwich. We don't learn the lot during the build — we already know what it's going to do.
And we hold the contract. From foundation excavation through the certificate of occupancy, you have one number to call and one crew to point at. That's the point.
What we build
Foundation-up new construction on rural and suburban lots across eastern Connecticut and western Rhode Island. We hold the contract from site walk to certificate of occupancy and coordinate every trade.
Second-story adds, family-room and kitchen expansions, garage-with-bonus-room builds. The hardest part is matching the existing structure — foundation depth, framing dimensions, roof tie-in. Experience matters here.
Attached and detached garages, machine sheds, workshops. Sized and sited for how you actually use it — not just code-minimum. Most of our garage builds include a bonus-room loft or workshop bay.
Conventional stick-frame and engineered-lumber framing for residential and small commercial. Square, plumb, and on schedule — framing sets the tone for everything that follows.
Pressure-treated, cedar, composite, and PT-frame-with-composite-decking. Sized to the back of the house, set off the foundation properly, and built to outlast the next deck.
Replacement and new-build siding in vinyl, fiber cement (HardiePlank), cedar shingle, and clapboard. Done with the trim and water-management details that the box-stores skip.
How a build actually runs
We walk the lot together. Where's the house going. What does the slope do. What does the soil report say. We talk about how you'll use the building, what matters and what doesn't. From there we put a real budget together — not a number off a per-sq-ft chart.
If you have an architect, we coordinate with them. If you don't, we can recommend one. Design moves to permit-ready drawings; we pull the building permit, the wetlands permit if the lot needs one, and the NDDH septic permit on private-septic lots. That stage takes 8–16 weeks depending on town pace and design complexity.
Once the permits clear, we clear the lot, run the access drive, dig the foundation, pour footings and walls. This is our excavation crew on our own machines — no subcontracted excavation, no handoff delays. Three to six weeks depending on size and weather.
Framing goes up, roof goes on, the structure gets weatherproofed. Then electrical, plumbing, HVAC rough-ins coordinated by us. Building inspector signs off on rough at each stage. This is the longest part — typically 12–20 weeks.
Insulation, drywall, trim, paint, flooring, cabinets, fixtures. Final inspections. Septic and well sign-offs from the health district. Certificate of occupancy. Walk-through. Punch list. Closeout. We're still your number for a year after the CO.
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Contact us today for a free consultation and estimate. Our team is ready to help with your construction needs.
