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Sill Plate Builders555-1234

A number before the first phone call.

Camps, lake houses, and timber frames in the Lakes and Mountain regions since 1998. Tell us what you're thinking and the page gives you an honest range tonight — not a callback Thursday.

Estimate demo — the real build sends the range to you and the request to the office
What are we building
How big
A range, not a quote. The quote comes after we walk the lot together.

The work

What it was. What it is now.

Three recent jobs. In the real build every one has the before, the after, and the number it came in at.

Photo — the finished lake house, dusk, lights on

Long Lake, west shore

Year-round, 2,100 sq ft, three bedrooms, the porch is half the house.
Wasa 1962 camp with a leaning porchNowdone Nov 2025 · $612,000
Photo — timber frame great room, beams up

Kezar Lake, timber frame

Hemlock frame cut in the shop, raised in four days, closed in by Thanksgiving.
Wasa wooded lot and a drawing on a napkinNowdone Jun 2026 · $940,000
Photo — the camp on piers, screen porch

Moose Pond camp

Three-season, 1,100 sq ft, screened porch on the water side, woodstove, no drywall anywhere.
Wasa tent platformNowdone Aug 2026 · $298,000

How it goes

Five steps. No surprises in step four.

1The rangeTonight, from the box up top.
2Walk the lotAn hour with a tape and a level. Free.
3The drawingPlans and the real number. $1,500, credited to the job.
4The buildWeekly photos to your phone. Paid by stage, never ahead.
5The keysWalk-through, punch list, done. We come back in a year.

Honest numbers

What things cost around here, right now.

Lake house, year-round, per sq ft$385–$470
Camp on piers, three-season$240–$310
Timber frame, exposed$440–$560
Screened porch, 12 × 16from $38,000
Septic design & install, typical lot$22,000–$34,000
Well, drilled$14,000–$20,000
Plans & the firm number$1,500, credited
Booked out toMay 2027

Made-up numbers for a sample builder. The point is that they're on the page. The builder who says a number first is the one who gets the call.

Licensed & insured in Maine.

Two crews, one office, a shop in Bridgton · 555-1234

Booked to May.

Spring 2027 starts are spoken for. Summer has two.