Gulfstream Builders, Inc.

Our Wilmington / Wrightsville Beach home was custom built in 1986. The house is a large three story building with an exterior of cedar siding on the second and third floors, with a cinder block first floor. In 1993 we had the exterior of the house remolded with synthetic stucco. In 2013 we hired Gulfstream Builders, Inc. to demolish our home's synthetic stucco exterior and the rain soaked rotten walls. The synthetic stucco was not applied properly by the 1993 contractor and due to that, rain water leakage, extensively compromised the integrity of the home's structure. We are deeply grateful to Gulfstream Builder's Inc., their recommendations and the professional craftsmanship put into restoring our home and exceeding our expectations.

Gulfstream Builders transformed an outdated and run down 1950's beach house into a fabulous getaway for my husband and I, while managing to maintain all the character and charm of the original house, without the "scary" parts. The Gulfstream Builders team was involved with our project from pre-purchase through move in day. They were present at every design meeting, for each item selected for the home, at each landscaping meetings and they handled all of the "red tape" required for a beach renovation. The Gulfstream Builders team patiently and diligently worked with us while the cottage was transformed to ensure that every need was anticipated and met. As with any major remodel, there were many unexpected events and unplanned changes. Gulfstream Builders were always there to discuss options and suggest solutions. They never once were ruffled by "brilliant" ideas that came to us as the project evolved or by unexpected permitting issues that arose. We live several hours from the beach cottage and we were concerned that this would present additional challenges during the renovation. But Gulfstream Builders gave us plenty of notice as decision points approached and sent a constant stream of pictures and videos to show the how the project was progressing. This was extremely helpful and made us feel that we were "there" for all the milestone building events. The Gulfstream Builders team was a true pleasure to work with and the results exceeded even our grandest dreams.

It's hard to describe in just a few sentances how happy I am with Bruce and Dickie Spears of Gulfsteam Builders. Not only did they build my dream home, they have remained great friends. From start to finish, the consultation, creative ideas and day to day interaction was more than I expected. My wife and I love our home and really appreciate the little things that Bruce did to make it so special. I recommend Bruce and Gulfstream builders to anyone that wants a custom home.

Gulfstream Builders are by far the best of the best! Between their level of expertise, artistic talents, and broad knowledge, they have built our dream home! Not to mention, the most incredible details, builts-ins, cherry hardwoods, etc…I could go on and on! They are so enjoyable to work with! It's 100% a "no-brainer" who we will hire/tell friends and family to hire for any building projects in the future!

Bruce Spears and Gulfstream Builders did an exceptional job on our dream house at the beach. There were some obstacles that arose by building on the ocean, but Bruce handled each one beautifully and took alot of strain off of us. He was a complete delight to work with and since we were 2 hours away from job site, it was important to be able to trust him with decisions that had to be made on the spot. He was completely attentive to our home as well as being available to us at any time. We are planning a small addition now, and I wouldn`t consider letting anyone but Bruce touch my house! I have recommended him countless times to anyone asking for a recommendation for a builder. We made a great choice when we chose Gulfstream Builders and Bruce Spears, and we are very thankful to him and for him. He is still available to us with any problems we have had over these 13 years we`ve been in our home. He is not just our builder, we consider him our friend as well.

We retained Gulfstream Builders in 2001 to remodel or replace our house on Figure 8 island. Since the house was fairly small and about 20 years old we concluded that the best approach was to completely replace the existing house. Working with the architect the owner of Gulfstream, Bruce Spears, came up with a design based on our inputs which we approved after a few minor adjustments. After clearing away the old structure, work commenced in the summer of 2002 and was completed in November 2003. We were delighted with the result and found the cost quite reasonable. We appreciated Bruce’s willingness to go the extra mile to build the best house possible for us and were especially impressed with his amazing creativity in coming up with clever ideas for handling various complex construction problems which were both cost effective and attractive. This, combined with his skill and attention to detail resulted in a house we greatly enjoyed and were very proud of.There is no doubt if we ever build a house again in the Wilmington area, Gulfstream Builders would be our choice.