Our work

Real results. Real people. Real properties.

What we found, what we did, and where it was.

Selected projects

Master bath gut

Oak Island. Gutted and rebuilt with a walk-in shower, a large niche, a bench under a new glass-block window, 36-inch tile set in a wave pattern, and quartzite counters. The closet got custom cabinetry, valets, and a shoe rack.

Before: master bath in Oak Island with a drop-in tub, dated wood vanities, and a corner shower, ahead of a full gut.

After: master bath gut in Oak Island, finished with a white double vanity, lighted mirrors, and a large tiled shower.

Stair rebuild

Oak Island. The stair was buckling and holding moisture, with no insulation between it and the unconditioned space below. We shored the framing and stringers, added insulation and a moisture barrier, and installed solid oak treads.

Rebuilt interior stair in Oak Island with white balusters and risers, dark treads, and a wall-mounted handrail.

Wall rebuild

Oak Island. With the siding off, the tower wall's sheathing and framing were badly rotted around the windows. We rebuilt the wall to the engineer's specifications with new sheathing, weather barrier, and flashing.

Stained sheathing exposed across three stories in Oak Island after the siding came off for a wall rebuild.

Rebuilt wall section in Oak Island, sheathed and wrapped and ready for siding, on a three-story coastal home.

Oceanfront deck and stair rebuild

Oak Island. The two-story deck, stairs, and oceanfront wall had significant rot and structural damage. We rebuilt them on driven pilings in place of the angled-brace foundation, with Trex composite decking, composite rail, stainless fasteners and hangers, and larger ocean-view windows. An under-deck drainage system keeps the lower level dry in the rain, so it is usable in any weather.

Before: covered lower level of a two-story oceanfront deck in Oak Island, with a lattice ceiling and worn rail cap.

After: rebuilt lower deck in Oak Island with white columns and railings under the new under-deck drainage ceiling.

Before: stairs and landing of a two-story deck in Oak Island, seen from above, ahead of the deck and stair rebuild.

After: rebuilt stairs and landing of the two-story deck in Oak Island, with white railings and composite treads.

Kitchenette and laundry

Oak Island. An unfinished ground-floor laundry and storage room with its own entrance, converted into a short-term rental suite: new flooring and drywall, cabinets, a floating quartz countertop, and raised appliance platforms. A new income stream for the owners.

Before: bare ground-floor room in Oak Island with plywood walls and a concrete floor, ahead of the suite conversion.

Before: washer and dryer on a wood platform beside open wall framing and a water heater, in Oak Island.

After: new kitchenette in Oak Island with white cabinets and counters, a stainless fridge, sink, and dishwasher.

Oceanfront deck extension

Oak Island. Doubled the existing deck on new driven pilings, with Trex composite decking and stainless cable rail that keeps the ocean view open.

Built-in bench and privacy screen on the oceanfront deck extension in Oak Island, with cable railing.

Raised beach cottage in Oak Island with the deck extension, stairs, and landing built out over the sand.

Rental envelope and deck rebuild

Oak Island. The deck was sagging and had become a hazard. We removed the decking and rebuilt the framing, and demolition exposed significant water damage across the oceanfront wall. We replaced the rotted framing and sheathing and rebuilt the wall with new weather barrier, flashing, James Hardie fiber cement siding, ocean-view windows, and full-view doors, then replaced the interior drywall. Trex composite decking, new railings, a full exterior repaint, and an under-deck drainage system that keeps the lower deck dry and usable. The property now books through much of the off-season.

Before: exterior wall in Oak Island stripped to stained, damaged sheathing around a pair of windows.

Envelope rebuild in progress in Oak Island: crew installing new lap siding over house wrap below a raised deck.

After: raised beach rental in Oak Island finished in blue siding, with white deck railings and stairs.

Whole-house envelope rebuild

Caswell Beach. The finished ground-floor rooms took on water in every hard rain. We opened the walls from grade to roofline, replaced the rotted framing and sheathing, and rebuilt with new weather barrier, flashing, James Hardie fiber cement siding, doors, and windows, then replaced the interior drywall. The rooms have stayed dry since.

Before: two windows pulled from a deck-level wall in Caswell Beach, with rotted framing exposed around the openings.

In progress: rear of a raised beach house in Caswell Beach, fully wrapped in house wrap, with a boom lift beside it.

In progress: crew at work on the rebuilt lower-level wall in Caswell Beach, with the upper floors in house wrap.

After: raised beach house in Caswell Beach finished in blue fiber cement siding, with new windows and white trim.

Tell us what the property needs.

Send the address, the scope, and when you need it. We follow up, walk the property, and put a price on it. Integrity is mostly small things done the same way every time.

Cortney Stuebe

Operations Manager

(910) 726-0329 cortney@specusservices.com

Service area. Brunswick County and the coast — Southport, Oak Island, Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach, Calabash, Shallotte, Bolivia, Leland, St. James, Caswell Beach, Boiling Spring Lakes, and Ash. Commercial and builder work extends into Wilmington and New Hanover County.