Commercial
Commercial Remodeling
Buildouts and fit-outs in steel frame and block: partitions, restrooms, floor coatings, dock and slab work.
Commercial detailsPoint Pleasant Beach, NJ
All phases means all phases.
It is painted on the side of our truck, and it is the plain truth: a steel frame buildout one week, an add-a-level or a kitchen the next. Twenty years of it, out of one shop on Grove Street.
What you can verify before you call
A license number, not an adjective.
Most contractor sites open with the word trusted. This one opens with a registration number you can type into the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs license search, and an address you can drive to.
- NJ contractor license, active
13VH00985500
NJ contractor license, active
- In home improvement contracting
20 years
In home improvement contracting
- Point Pleasant Beach, Toms River, Asbury Park
3 towns
Point Pleasant Beach, Toms River, Asbury Park
- Estimates and consultations
Free
Estimates and consultations
Both sides of the trade
What we take on
Eleven services under one license. The first is the half of the business our old website never showed.
- Home AdditionsAdd-a-levels, rear additions and dormers, for shore lots where there is nowhere left to build out except up.Additions
- Kitchen RemodelingFull kitchen rebuilds: layout, cabinetry, counters, floor and the electrical and plumbing that moves with them.Kitchens
- Bathroom RemodelingBathrooms taken back to the studs, waterproofed properly, and finished in tile, glass and fixtures you picked.Bathrooms
- Basement RemodelingTurning a slab and a set of joists into a room, with the moisture and the ceiling height dealt with first.Basements
- Residential RemodelingWhole-house work where the job crosses rooms: walls moved, systems rerun, finishes carried through.Whole home
- Deck ConstructionNew decks and rebuilds framed for salt air, with the fasteners and the flashing chosen for a house near water.Decks
- Patio ConstructionPatios and outdoor living pads sized for how you actually use the yard.Patios
- Cabinet RefinishingCabinet refinishing when the boxes are sound and the finish is what is tired.Cabinets
- Hardwood Floor RefinishingSand, stain and finish on existing hardwood when the boards still have life in them.Floors
- Home ImprovementSmaller scoped home improvement work that still needs a licensed contractor on site.Improvement
One license, both planes
The same crew runs both halves.
A steel frame buildout one week, a residential remodel the next. Nothing here says we do both — the two stations do.
Before anything is priced
Most jobs start before there is a drawing.
People call us at the stage where they know roughly what they want and have no idea what the house will allow. That conversation is part of the estimate. It is not a separate fee and it is not a sales visit.
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Send us the job
Commercial or residential, a whole floor or one room. We call back personally.
02
We work out what is actually possible
Where the load is carried, what the ceiling height gives you, whether the wall you want gone is holding the roof up.
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You get a scope and a schedule, in writing
What is included, what is not, and roughly when each part happens. Changes get priced before they get built.
Twenty years, one license
The truck has been on these streets a long time.
Upgrade Construction is a family-run home improvement contractor working out of 727 Grove Street in Point Pleasant Beach. New Jersey Home Improvement Business Contractor license 13VH00985500, active, insured on every job. Free consultations, by appointment, and the office answers between seven and five on weekdays.
There is no star rating on this page because there is not an honest one to show yet. What there is instead is a license you can look up, an address you can drive to, and photographs of jobs that are genuinely ours.
License on file
13VH00985500
NJ Home Improvement Business Contractor registration — active. Ask for the insurance certificate before work starts and you will get it.
Asked often enough to answer here
The questions that come up on the first call
Yes. Upgrade Construction holds NJ Home Improvement Business Contractor license #13VH00985500, and the registration is active. Insurance is carried on every job. Ask for the certificate before work starts and you will get it.
Both, and in the same week. One side of the business is commercial buildout and fit-out, steel-frame shells, floor coatings and loading docks. The other is residential: additions and add-a-levels, kitchens, baths and basements. The crew and the license are the same either way.
Yes. Most jobs start before there is a drawing, at the stage where you know roughly what you want and are not sure what the house or the building will allow. That conversation is part of the estimate, not a separate fee.
It depends on the scope and on how much of it is hidden. A kitchen or a bath usually runs a few weeks. An addition or an add-a-level runs months, and in a shore town a slice of that is permitting and inspection rather than construction. You get a schedule with the estimate, and you are told when it moves.
For a kitchen, a bath or a basement, usually yes, with a dust wall and a plan for water and power. For an add-a-level, usually not for the period the roof is open. Which one you are looking at is worth settling at the estimate, because it changes what the job costs you in ways the invoice never shows.
Yes. Changes are normal, especially once a wall is open and you can finally see what is behind it. What matters is that a change is priced and agreed before it is built, not discovered on the final invoice.
Tell us what you are thinking about.
Commercial or residential, a whole floor or one room. The estimate is free, the conversation about what is possible comes with it, and nobody will chase you.