Building homes on Cape Cod is really rewarding, in part because we get to create spaces that will be a special part of our customers’ lives. Many of our customers are interested in optimizing their existing homes for the enjoyment of their family and friends.  Here's a quick look at a deck that we built overlooking the water on Cape Cod. What a great place to enjoy your morning coffee, or afternoon siesta...

Waterfront Deck on new Cape Cod Home

Waterfront Deck on new Cape Cod Home

Kitchens are the hub of the home, but everyone uses them differently and has a style all their own. Every day we work with Customers to design their kitchens around their lifestyle. We developed some surprisingly simple solutions to storage and access challenges.

Many of our kitchen solutions are born of constantly reviewing fresh designs, and incorporating ideas in our own creations. Here are some great ideas for kitchen storage, budget-friendly designs, kitchens with professional amenities, and comfortable cottage kitchens. It always a good idea to keep a file of ideas and looks while you’re getting ready to build your Cape Cod home. That way you’ll have plenty of inspiration when the design fun starts!

Great Kitchen Design Ideas for Cape Cod Homes

Great Kitchen Design Ideas for Cape Cod Homes

Now that your Cape Cod Cottage is complete, and you're looking forward to settling in for the summer (and beyond!), it’s time for the really fun stuff. Creating and planting the landscape around your home is truly enjoyable for many, and it brings value to your home for years to come.

Here is a great illustrated list of fragrant, easy-care flowers perfect for Cape Cod. Plant these perennials once, and enjoy them forever.

Fragrant flowers for your Cape Cod garden

Fragrant flowers for your Cape Cod garden

A picture tells a thousand words. So a video must tell…a million! One of the prides of the team here at REEF Builders, is the relationships we have with our Customers. When we build a house for someone, we live the project together. For about a year we are in constant communication. Our Customers rely on us, and we take that trust very seriously.  

Recently I sat with Jill, for whom we built a house in 2011. We designed the floor plan around her lifestyle and space requirements. Then we built the home to her specifications. Like all our Customers, her experience with our team has made her a REEF supporter. Hear Jill describe her experience, and then let us make your Cape Cod “dream house” come true.

Jill describes her experience with REEF Builders

Jill describes her experience with REEF Builders

The Design-Build process: we’ve been doing it so long, it’s like getting up in the morning. After almost 2,000 homes, this is a tried and true method that has withstood the test of time.

Cape Cod is a collection of 15 Towns, each with its own Boards, Commissions, Assessors, Zoning Ordinances and Bylaws. Navigating the various entities that control or influence what can be built and where is expertise that REEF has developed over decades.

It’s also a small peninsula. The amount of real estate is finite. “They’re not making any more of it,” so frequently we are asked to design a home to fit on a specific lot. In fact, that’s one of our real points of expertise.

Because we design the home to fit on the specific lot, and our interface with the individual Town begins during the research phase, we are fully aware of the special restrictions and conditions that impact the construction. So as the site is prepared, and building begins, the REEF team knows what to expect at every turn.  One thing you don’t want during a construction project is surprises. Which is one reason REEF has so many happy Customers: no surprises.

Here’s an InfoGraphic we created to help explain how the Design-Build process works. It’s a good road map to follow as your home is being built. Let us know what you think: 508-394-3090, any time, every day, or drop me a line: CTuttle@CapeCodBuilder.com

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Planning your Cape Cod home? Need a home office or workspace? A girl that works a lot at home definitely needs a cool home office. There are so many ways and ideas to do that! Bring in more natural light and a piece of nature using plants and flowers. Use awesome prints like animal ones, or floral and striped patterns that never go out of style. Here are lots of home office ideas for the girl who works…or just needs a place of her own.

Elegant & Feminine Offices for your Cape Cod Home

Elegant & Feminine Offices for your Cape Cod Home

Sometimes landscaping really brings a home alive. We often suggest to our Customers to let us do the heavy stuff: moving earth, building walls, creating lawns. Then they can enjoy doing the fun stuff, like planting flower gardens, small shrubs, etc.

Here’s an example of some “heavy stuff” that will really enhance this ocean view property. Check out this short video to see how a substantial rock wall can define and enhance a side yard with a million-dollar view. Once the Owners move-in, they’ll have a great space for some the “fun stuff”: selecting and planting their favorite flowers, grasses and shrubs.

Beautiful stonework at REEF home on Cape Cod

Many of our projects begin to come to life this time of year. Most of our Customers want to use their Cape Cod homes as sum retreats, so we have them built, ready and clean before the Memorial Day weekend. Here’s some video I took this morning of one of the Custom Homes we are building on Cape Cod. This one has a spectacular kitchen with a million-dollar view of Cape Cod Bay.

Check out the video:

REEF built home overlooking Cape Cod Bay

REEF built home overlooking Cape Cod Bay

Once you’re settled into your Cape Cod home, spending time on creating a beautiful backyard landscape can be very rewarding. There are myriad opportunities for color and texture, and discovering new plants and flowers to accent your space as the seasons change can be challenging. Here is a great site with lots of ideas and designs to consider. Stone walls, terraced slopes, and winding paths can really enhance your property, and your enjoyment of your Cape Cod home!

Backyard Landscape ideas for Cape Cod

We're always looking for ways to help our customers maximize the enjoyment of their Cape Cod Home. Many of the homes we build enjoy water views, and even waterfront. Water is always an enjoyable feature around a home. Small ponds are easy to build, and provide lots of enjoyment, usually attracting birds, frogs, butterflies, and crickets (no mosquitoes, though, thanks to the moving water). Here’s a step-by-step guide to building your own backyard sanctuary. 

How to create a backyard pond

How to create a backyard pond