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Our blog articles are written specifically to give home buyers inspiration for building a new home on LBI. We offer useful advice, strategies, product information, and local vibes for anyone looking to decide about where to build and whom to build with on Long Beach Island.
Custom Home Builders – Deconstructed
When it comes to choosing a new home builder to build your custom home, there are many qualities that are important to the overall success of your building project. If you don’t thoroughly research the company you are doing business with, your dream home may not materialize the way you envisioned. Finding the right home…
Summer is Alive on Long Beach Island
Have you ever wondered how Long Beach Island got its name? Due to its 18 mile length of white sandy beaches, the Island has been called Long Beach since the early days of European exploration. If you suffer from allergies Long Beach Island in Ocean County, New Jersey is the perfect place for relief. Because…
Nothing is Better Than Summer at the NJ Shore
Beautiful beach views from this home under construction For all of the news stories and articles that have been published this week about how the Jersey Shore is open for business and President Obama’s visit and tour, it’s clear that there is still a love affair with vacationing at our beautiful beaches, even after superstorm…
Rebuild Your Jersey Shore Home Now
With many residents along the Long Beach Island and NJ Shore Mainland areas beginning to rebuild after the destruction superstorm Sandy left, it’s important that homeowners who need help rebuilding their homes not be overwhelmed with the conflicting information and changes to requirements and recommendations from FEMA. Stonehenge Building & Development is here to help.…
Beach Haven West Hurricane Sandy Recovery
One of the areas along the NJ Shore that was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy is Beach Haven West. A small lagoon town in Stafford Township, just outside Long Beach Island, Beach Haven West hurricane Sandy recovery has been challenging due to the severe amount of damage to homes and businesses, many of which are…
Modifying Home Plans for Functionality
In the early years of the 20th century, Chicago architect Louis Sullivan popularized the phrase ‘form ever follows function’ to capture his belief that a building’s size, massing, spatial grammar and other characteristics should be driven solely by the function of the building. The implication is that if the functional aspects are satisfied, architectural beauty would naturally and…
Harvey Cedars – A Special Place to Build Custom Homes
Back in 1751 Harvey Cedars was nothing more than a hammock and a clump of cedars called Harvest Quarters due to it’s harvest housing used by early farmers and the cedars that grew in the area. Throughout the 1800’s it eventually became known as the Harvey Cedars we know of today. Predominantly occupied by whalers…
Building On Undersized Lots in Northern Long Beach Island
For those who live on Long Beach Island area and have sustained fifty percent or more damage to their homes rebuilding is a daunting task. These homeowners know all too well that finding plans to fit on an undersized lot, ie. a 40’ wide building lot is nearly impossible. So, what does a homeowner who…
Home Building Trends for 2013
As custom home builders on LBI we try to stay on top of the trends and truthfully, many of the features and design trends listed for 2013 have been part of our custom home building trends for the past few years. But if you have been off the market for a while and are now…