Services
Full-scope construction services
Roofing is our largest single trade. CMV is a full construction company with its own employees and equipment, able to frame, side, roof, finish and deliver a completed building.
What we build
Capabilities
From a single roof to a building taken to its frame and rebuilt, the work is carried out by the same crews under the same written scope.
Roofing
Our specialtyReplacement, repair, ice dams, flat roofs and storm damage. Asphalt, metal, EPDM and cedar.
Framing & structural work
Floor systems, walls, roof framing, dormers, beams and bearing lines. Rough carpentry to plan, square and on schedule — including work as a framing sub for other builders.
Additions & second stories
Bump-outs, in-law suites, dormers, and full second-floor additions — including raising a one-and-a-half story to a full two.
Siding & exteriors
Vinyl, fiber cement, clapboard and board-and-batten, with the trim, soffit, fascia and housewrap detailing that keeps water out from behind.
Windows & doors
Replacement units, new openings cut and headed, entry and patio doors. Properly flashed, insulated and trimmed inside and out.
Decks, porches & screen rooms
Pressure-treated, cedar or composite. Footings below frost, code-compliant rails and stairs, built to still be solid in fifteen years.
Garages & outbuildings
Detached garages, workshops, sheds and pole barns — slab to shingles, wired and sided to match the house if you want it to.
New home construction
Custom homes from foundation sill to ridge cap. We can act as general contractor, run the trades, pull the permits and manage inspections.
Multifamily & historic
Gut renovations of apartment buildings and old commercial stock. Structural repair, new roof structures, unit layouts, and finishing to rent. This is some of the most demanding work we do.
Repairs & rot work
Rotted sills, water-damaged framing, failed decks, sagging floors, and the odd-shaped jobs other contractors will not return calls about.
Insurance & storm work
Documentation, written scopes your carrier can work from, and we will meet the adjuster on site.
General contracting
General contracting
On larger projects CMV acts as general contractor: the permit is pulled in our name, subcontractors are engaged and scheduled by us, inspections are coordinated by us, and the owner has a single point of contact for the duration of the work.
We also work as a framing or roofing subcontractor to other builders and general contractors.
- Permits pulled and inspections coordinated
- Licensed subs scheduled and managed
- Written scope, written change orders, no surprise invoices
- One point of contact for the whole job
- Work in both Massachusetts and New York
- License and insurance certificates available on request
Before you build
Planning an addition or renovation
Most of what decides the cost and the timeline of an addition is settled before anyone picks up a hammer. These are the questions we work through with you at the first visit.
Zoning and setbacks
How close to the lot line you can build, how tall, and whether a second story is allowed are set by your town’s zoning bylaw. We check it before anything is drawn, because it decides the shape of the project.
Septic and bedrooms
On a septic system, adding a bedroom usually needs sign-off that the system is sized for it: the Board of Health under Title 5 in Massachusetts, the county health department in New York. It is the one item that can stop an addition outright, so it goes first.
Structure
Raising a roof or adding a second story puts new load on the walls and footings below. We open up and look before we price it, and where the work needs an engineer’s stamp we arrange it and build to it.
Energy code and historic districts
Massachusetts towns use the base, stretch or specialized energy code, and New York has its own; the code sets the insulation and air-sealing an addition or new home must meet, and we price to the one your town uses. If the house is in a local historic district, changes visible from the street may need the historic commission before the building department.
Pricing
How we price construction work
Every job gets a written, line-by-line estimate built from measurements taken on site. On larger jobs it is broken into stages — demolition, framing, roofing, exterior, interior — so you can see where the money goes.
- A fixed price for the scope written down. If it is in the scope, it is in the price.
- Hidden conditions, such as a rotted sill or a beam that is not what anyone expected, go on a written change order you approve before we spend your money.
- A deposit to start, then a payment schedule in dollars tied to stages of the work. In Massachusetts the deposit is capped at one third of the price or the cost of special-order materials.
- Financing available on qualifying projects through Service Finance Company.
Licensed and insured
Who you are hiring
CMV Contracting is a trading name of CMV Construction Services Inc., family-owned and building from Stephentown, New York since 1998. In Massachusetts we hold Home Improvement Contractor registration HIC #174965 and Construction Supervisor License CSL #CS-106767U. New York has no statewide contractor license; there, as in Massachusetts, we carry liability and workers’ compensation insurance and pull permits in our name. Certificates come straight from the insurer on request.
The rules that protect you are different on each side of the state line. We set them out on our roofing page and our estimates & agreements page.
Scoping a project
If you are uncertain what a project involves, describe the condition — a room that will not hold heat, a ceiling stain, a building you are considering purchasing — and we will set out what the work entails, the approximate scope, and whether it is better addressed now or deferred. There is no charge for that conversation.
Where we work
Areas we serve
Our crews build within about 50 miles of Stephentown, New York: additions, siding, framing and whole-building renovation in Berkshire County and the Capital Region. These are the towns we work in most.
Berkshire County, Massachusetts
- Pittsfield
- North Adams
- Adams
- Williamstown
- Lenox
- Great Barrington
- Lee
- Dalton
- Lanesborough
- Cheshire
Capital Region, New York
- Albany
- Troy
- East Greenbush
- Nassau
- Chatham
- Kinderhook
- New Lebanon
- Stephentown
Roofing · Metal roofing · Every town we cover · Free estimate
Request a written estimate
Describe the condition of the building. We will come out, take measurements and give you a written price. There is no charge and no obligation.