Wilmington & the Cape Fear coast
Whole-home renovations, bathrooms, garage conversions, outdoor living and commercial work. Managed end to end by the person you actually talk to.
Transformations
Every pair below is the same job photographed before and after. These are our own photos. Nothing here is staged, borrowed or a stock image.
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2026
Drywall out, popcorn ceiling gone, everything rebuilt: insulation, trim, flooring, lighting and paint.
What we do
Inside the walls and outside them. Most of our clients eventually use both, which is the point. One contractor who already knows the building.
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Interior work that changes how a building lives. Full scopes, managed trades, one point of contact from demo to final walkthrough.
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Everything outside the walls. Outdoor rooms, flatwork, hardscape and the maintenance that keeps a coastal property from ageing early.
Choose your project
Pick the closest one. We will point you at the right service and the work we have done like it, rather than making you read the whole site.
The Tidal Ridge Standard
Most renovation complaints are not about craftsmanship. They are about not being told anything. These five are what we commit to on every project, big or small.
On site now · September 2026
Slab prepped and coated in broadcast flake, new circuits pulled and recessed lighting set while the walls are still open. Insulation and drywall next, then trim and paint.
Built for coastal living
Humidity, salt load, flat sandy lots and wind-driven rain are design inputs on the coast, not edge cases. Most of what fails early on a Wilmington property fails for one of these six reasons.
Wilmington sits at high humidity most of the year. Materials that are fine inland cup, swell and grow mould here. We specify for the actual environment: moisture-resistant substrates in wet areas, acclimated flooring, and ventilation that moves air instead of sealing it in.
Flat lots and sandy soil mean water that is not deliberately sent somewhere sits against the building. Slope, downspout runs and base drainage get designed before concrete or turf goes in, because neither can be re-graded afterwards.
Salt accelerates corrosion on anything ferrous, which is why a standard fastener fails early this close to the water. Stainless and coated hardware, corrosion-rated fixtures and finishes that tolerate salt load are the default on beach-side work, not an upgrade.
On the coast, waterproofing is the structure. Showers get a continuous membrane and a pan that actually slopes. Exterior openings get flashed in the right lap order. Decks get the detail at the ledger done properly, because that is where they fail.
Composite where wood would rot, marine-grade where water sits, PVC trim where paint would fail in two seasons. Sometimes the right call is the cheaper material, and we will tell you when it is.
Wind-driven rain and hurricane season are a design input, not an emergency. Fastening schedules, flashing detail and the way a structure is tied together matter more here than almost anywhere else in the state.
Renovation rescue
Nothing on a renovation is truly known until it is open. These are the things we most often find once the finish comes off, and what has to happen before anything goes back on top of them.
What it means
Water that reaches the pan is meant to run to the drain. A flat pan holds it against the membrane instead, and it wicks into the curb and the framing behind the wall.
What we do about it
Pan rebuilt to a proper quarter-inch-per-foot fall, membrane run continuous up the curb, flood tested before a single tile went back on.
What can we build for your budget?
Most people know roughly what they want to spend long before they know what it buys. Slide across to see the kind of scope each range typically covers.
Enough to take a single space back to studs and finish it properly, or to build a real outdoor area rather than a patch of pavers.
TypicallyTwo to four weeks
What that usually covers
These are broad ranges to help you plan, not quotes. Every real number comes from walking the actual space.
Where we work
We cover Wilmington, the beaches from Carolina Beach to Surf City, and north up into Pender County. Each area has its own quirks. The housing stock, how close the salt is, how fast the permits move.
We show the areas we work in, never a client's address.
Schematic, not to scale.
How it goes
From the first call to the last punch item, this is the whole process. There is nothing else hiding behind it.
We come look at the actual space. Not a phone estimate, not a number off a photo. We talk through what you want, what the building will allow, and what it will realistically cost.
You get the scope in writing: what is included, what is not, what materials, what timeline and what price. Nothing vague enough to argue about later.
Trades sequenced, dates committed, site protected. You get updates as it moves and a straight answer the day anything changes.
We walk it together with a list. Everything you flag gets closed out before the final invoice. You decide when it is finished.
Questions
No. We walk the space, talk through options and give you a written number with no obligation.
Everything from a single bathroom to a whole-home renovation or a commercial build-out. We will tell you honestly if a project is outside what we should be taking on rather than learning that halfway through it.
We work across Wilmington, Leland, Ogden, Castle Hayne, Rocky Point, Hampstead, Surf City, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach and the greater Cape Fear area. If you are just outside that, call and ask.
A bathroom is usually two to four weeks. A garage conversion runs four to ten. Whole-home scopes are measured in months. You get a real timeline in writing before anything starts, and you hear from us the day it changes.
Yes. Permits, inspections and every trade on the job are coordinated by us. You get one point of contact for the whole project.
Yes, and we do it often. Short-term rental turnarounds get scheduled backwards from your go-live date, and commercial work can be phased or run after hours so the space stays open.
Send the Plan Your Project form or call (910) 619-0625. We get back to you the same day whenever we can.
Next step
Send the project type, your rough timeline and a few photos. We will come look at the space and give you a real number in writing, with no obligation and no charge for the estimate.