Cape May County is the tip of the state: the Victorian historic district in Cape May, the beach blocks in Avalon, Stone Harbor, Sea Isle and Ocean City, the Wildwoods, and the year-round mainland in Middle, Lower, Upper and Dennis Townships. The county seat is Cape May Court House. Salt air, flood zones and seasonal houses that sit empty half the year make repairs here their own trade. You get one licensed crew, a price in writing before we start, and a person on the phone 24/7.
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First Call Contracting is a licensed, insured general contractor serving Cape May County, New Jersey from our base in Paramus: 24/7 emergency repairs, kitchens, bathrooms, basements, roofing, siding, windows, plumbing, electrical, heating and AC. Written price before work starts, no deposit, one dedicated crew. Call (201) 676-3099 or book a free estimate.
Searched “plumber near me”, “roofer near me” or “contractor near me” in Cape May County? Every trade below is our own licensed crew, dispatched from Paramus — one company, one written price.
Every one of these gets a free in-home visit and a written price before work starts. See every service we offer →
Salt eats everything: flashing, fasteners, door and window hardware, outdoor AC units, deck ledgers. Freeze-and-thaw on an unheated second home finds every weak joint in the plumbing. Older Cape May and West Cape May houses carry 100-year-old framing and wiring under their gingerbread trim; the 1960s–80s ranches and raised ranches in Villas, Rio Grande and Marmora are on original roofs and water heaters. On the islands, almost every serious repair now has a flood-zone question attached.
We inspect like builders before we quote, and we spec for the beach — stainless fasteners, salt-rated flashing, properly vented crawlspaces — so the work lasts more than one season.
Emergencies — burst or frozen pipes, roof and ceiling leaks, storm damage, no heat — get a live person 24/7 and same-day dispatch of the nearest crew, with an honest arrival window. Scheduled projects run statewide: we plan the trip, the crew stays until the job is done, and the price is built from the scope, not the miles.
Permits are pulled at the town level in New Jersey; Cape May County has 16 building departments and we pull from whichever one is yours — Ocean City, Middle Township, Lower Township, Avalon, Stone Harbor, the Wildwoods. The extra layers here are real: flood-zone rules and elevation certificates on the islands, CAFRA coastal permits for some work near the water, and the historic preservation commission in Cape May city for exterior changes. We name each step in the estimate and build it into your timeline.
All 16 Cape May County municipalities — every island and the whole mainland. Don't see your town by name? Call anyway — we cover all of New Jersey.
typical fixed-price range — your exact number goes in writing after a free visit
Small repairs and handyman visits start around $250. Bathrooms run $8K–$85K+, kitchens $35K–$150K+, finished basements $30K–$90K+, a new asphalt roof $9K–$30K+, additions $90K–$300K+. Your exact number comes from a free in-home visit — itemized, fixed, in writing — and it doesn't change with the county line.
How we beat the big chains: No franchise fees, no commissioned salesmen, no rented subcontractors — that's typically 15–30% under national-brand quotes for the same or better spec. Bring us any written quote and we'll match the scope line by line.
“Our shore house sat with a leak for a month because "the guy" only comes down on weekends.”
“The new deck rusted in two summers. The contractor said "that's the beach for you.”
“We live in Pennsylvania. The contractor knew it and stopped sending updates.”
Yes, all the time. We coordinate access, send a photo update text every workday, and you hold the final payment until you've walked the finished job item by item.
On the islands and low mainland areas, often yes. We check the flood zone and the town's substantial-improvement rules before we quote, so any elevation or floodproofing requirement shows up as a line item — not a surprise mid-job.
Yes. Exterior changes in the historic district go through the historic preservation commission, and we handle that package. Inside, we rebuild bathrooms, kitchens and old plumbing with the period look on top and new guts underneath.
No. Your price is built from the scope of work and fixed in writing. We plan the trip and keep the crew on site until the job is done — no drive-by days.
Yes. We're based in Paramus in Bergen County and our own crews cover Cape May County every week — plumbers, electricians, HVAC techs, roofers and carpenters, no subcontractors. Emergencies go to the nearest crew, day or night. Call (201) 676-3099 and a real person answers.
Also serving Atlantic County, Cumberland County, Somers Point, Egg Harbor Township · free in-home consultations · scheduled projects statewide
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A real person picks up every hour of every day. We tell you what to shut off first, then send the nearest crew.