Questions, answered plainly.

No. The second step of our process, the Preliminary Project Evaluation, is an analysis of where your project currently sits and what it needs. It works on a lot you own, a lot you are considering, or a set of plans you already have, and it ends with initial bid and scope documents - the right foundation whether or not the land is yours yet.

We build only on the barrier island - in Windsor, Orchid Island, John's Island, Central Beach, Riomar, The Moorings, and South Beach. If you are weighing an island lot against a mainland one, know that the island's 32963 ZIP code carries its own checklist: coastal flood-zone elevations, wind-load engineering, and, in communities like John's Island, Windsor, and Orchid Island, architectural review boards. The Preliminary Project Evaluation names the requirements of your specific address.

There is no honest generic number - cost follows the lot, the scope, the structure, and the finish level, plus soft costs like architecture, engineering, permits, and community review. What we can give you early is a real one: the Preliminary Project Evaluation ends in initial bid and scope documents, and the budget is refined line by line from there.

Yes. Bring your own architect and design team and we build from your documents, or enlist our in-house design team. Either way, no detail of your vision goes uncared for.

Yes. The Builders East in-house design team takes a project from concept through permit-ready plans, with 3D rendering so you can see and refine the home before ground is broken.

Both. Our work spans the island's communities, and a home's style follows the client and the community it sits in, never a template. The portfolio is the honest answer to this question.

Yes. The process runs the same from any ZIP code: a first conversation by phone or video, a written evaluation, and clear, consistent communication throughout the entire schedule - good news or bad. Management is hands-on and on site, and after delivery you have someone in your corner a quick tap away.

Across Vero Beach's barrier-island communities: Windsor, Orchid Island, John's Island, Central Beach, Riomar, The Moorings, and South Beach, including oceanfront estates. Our office is at 4625 Florida A1A, Suite 4, Vero Beach, FL 32963.

The people on our About page. Robert Masseau, President, has built for more than 30 years and took full ownership of Builders East in 2024. Mark Peterson, Vice President, brings over 30 years of local Florida construction experience. Sam Andes, General Manager, is the company's qualifying contractor and directs operations and field construction on every project.

Yes. Builders East Inc. is a Florida Certified Building Contractor, license CBC1268651, with Sam Andes as the company's qualifying contractor. The company has been a Florida corporation in good standing since 2011.

Over 230 - custom homes and substantial residential renovations, counted company-wide since 2011.

It depends on the scope, the design path, and the community review your address requires - anyone who quotes a duration before reading those is guessing. What we commit to is a schedule built during planning and communicated clearly throughout production, from first consultation to final walkthrough.