Ocean County is the barrier island from Point Pleasant Beach and Bay Head down through Mantoloking, Lavallette, Ortley Beach and Seaside; Long Beach Island from Barnegat Light to Beach Haven; and a big mainland — Brick, Toms River (the county seat), Jackson, Lakewood, Manchester and Berkeley, with the adult communities that fill them. Sandy rebuilt half the coast here, and salt air is still working on the other half. You get one licensed crew, a price in writing before we start, and a real person on the phone 24/7.
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First Call Contracting is a licensed, insured general contractor serving Ocean 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 Ocean 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 →
Island houses live with salt, wind and flood zones: flashing and fasteners corrode, decks and pilings take a beating, and many post-Sandy rebuilds are now a decade old and due for their first real maintenance. Older bungalows and ranches in Toms River, Brick and Point Pleasant carry 1950s–70s plumbing, roofs and wiring. The adult communities in Manchester, Berkeley and Toms River — Holiday City, Leisure Village and their neighbors — are on original roofs, water heaters and slab plumbing. Jackson and Lakewood's newer builds are hitting first-window and first-deck age.
We inspect like builders before we quote and spec for the shore, so the itemized price covers what's really there and the work outlasts the salt.
Emergencies — burst or frozen pipes, roof leaks, storm damage, basement flooding, 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 on site until it's done, and the price is built from the scope, not the mileage.
Permits in New Jersey are pulled town by town, and Ocean County has 33 municipalities. We pull yours — Toms River, Brick, Lakewood, Jackson, Berkeley, Long Beach Township, Point Pleasant Beach, wherever the house is — and meet the inspectors. Flood-zone work on the islands adds elevation certificates and substantial-improvement rules; some waterfront work needs a CAFRA permit; the western townships sit in the Pinelands; adult communities often have their own architectural approvals. We name each step in the estimate before work starts.
All 33 Ocean County municipalities — barrier island, Long Beach Island and the 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.
“The contractor didn't know the flood rules. The town made us undo half the work.”
“Our Holiday City roof was "done" in a day. It leaked the first nor'easter.”
“Two guys showed up on LBI with a pickup, took a deposit, and never came back after Labor Day.”
Yes. Off-season is when most of the real work gets done. We coordinate access on empty houses, send a photo update text every workday, and you hold the final payment until the walkthrough.
On the islands and low bay streets, often yes. We check the zone and your town's rules before we quote, so any elevation or floodproofing requirement is a line item — not a surprise mid-job.
Yes. Many communities have their own architectural review on top of the town permit. We prepare both packages and build the review time into the schedule.
No. Price is built from the scope — labor, materials, permits — and fixed in writing. We plan the trip and keep the crew on site until the job is done.
Yes. We're based in Paramus in Bergen County and our own crews cover Ocean 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.
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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.