Bowman Walker Construction

We selected Bowman Walker as our General Contractor, through a competitive bid process, to lead our duplex renovation in Stone Harbor. My initial reasons for selecting them was their honesty/integrity in the bidding process, creative ideas by Lance Bowman on the project, their interest in doing our project within our timeframe, and at a fair price. Work included: raising house to FEMA standards, residing entire house, new porch and deck with railing, added second new upstairs and downstairs full master bathrooms, new carpet installed, kitchen/dining vinyl plank wood flooring installed, expanded both master bedrooms including new walk in closets, added new lighting inside/outside, added driveways/sidewalks, added outside showers, new roof, and landscaped front and back yards. The work performed to date has been excellent. It was important for us to make the many updates (esp adding a 2nd bathroom on each floor), but retain the rustic beach house character and feel of the house, as it has been in our family for many years. BW did this exceptionally well with the work performed and their suggestions during the project. The work was contracted to be done in the spring, with some follow on work to be done in the fall after the rental season. Lance Bowman is one of the BW owners and personally led our work. He is smart, creative, experienced, honest, hard working, and focused on us being happy with his work. We were lucky to have him. Not living in Stone Harbor full time, we were concerned about doing this extensive remodel from afar. BW was use to dealing with this situation. They communicated frequently and effectively with us via phone, email, and pictures of progress. In a project of this size, you are going to have issues at times. Ours were minimal and well below what I might have thought. If we had any issues, they listened and solved them fairly. Throughout the project, we have received many unsolicited rave reviews and positive comments from neighbors and people we meet regarding how nice the house looks and how impressed they are with the work performed. Our leasing agent, Diller & Fisher, have told us they are getting great comments from our tenants on our 89th street house update. The post work "punch list" has been minor and BW has worked well with us to get these completed at a mutually agreed time. Their price was very fair and they did not tack on overhead for additional work we requested beyond the original scope of work contracted. I never felt "nickeled and dimed". They had great ideas and worked with us on options for lower cost add-ons, and in some cases talked us out of the add-ons altogether. Their opinions and advice were sound. It was a key reason we hired them, as their creativity, knowledge, and honesty was apparent during the proposal process. BW was very professional and continually got across that their goal was for us to be satisfied and happy customers. They definitely earned our trust. We could not be happier with our selection of BW as our construction firm. They do high quality work at a fair price. Lance Bowman and David Walker are good people who made us feel our success on the project was their 1st priority. These guys are first class and I cannot imaging using anyone else in the future.

Lance and Dave did an outstanding job on our custom beach house/retirement home. They are extremely knowledgeable, easy-to-work with, and trustworthy professionals that take pride in designing and building quality homes. We highly recommend Bowman Walker Construction.

Bowman Walker transformed an old rooftop miniature golf course into a beautiful outdoor restaurant for me. This was not an easy task. In addition to the construction of the restaurant and roofing to cover large portion of the outside dining area, the project required all new plumbing and electrical from the city, HVAC, fire suppression system, a handicapped elevator, two bathrooms and coordination of a full service kitchen, hood and walk-in refrigerator all on a second floor 6,000 square foot rooftop space. From the building proposal to our opening night, every detail was discussed with me, documented and detailed on the monthly bill so I always knew where I stood. Dave and Lance handled everything professionally, and kindly, and are still there for me when I run into minor problems. I wouldn't consider using anyone else to build something for me in this area.

Bowman Walker completed a multiphase renovation of our beach house. Each phase of the project was significant and complicated by the fact that our home sits in a dune and various regulatory and physical issues complicated the implementation of the architects' designs. Lance and Dave worked tirelessly to figure out ways to address the issues. For example, our back deck sits on pilings. The type the architect had used in the design could not ultimately be used because the pile driver could not fit on either side of the house given the topography. It could not be hoisted over the top of the house because of the power lines and trees and could not be shipped up the bay by barge because it would have caused damage to the dune. Dave and Lance did incredible amounts of research to locate a new type of piling that could be used in our application -- something that had not been used before in our area. This type of focus on making the project work is one of the things that sets them apart. Four other things really set them apart. First, they focus on the details to make sure they are right, including punch list items. There is no "good enough," it has to be right. Second, they fully stand behind everything they do. Third, they are excellent communicators. Our beach house is 3 1/2 hours away from our primary home and we did not have a single communication issue. Pictures, emails, phone calls, and texts all saved us from having to travel constantly to see the progress and address any issues that arose. Finally, they are wonderful, nice, trustworthy people. It isn't often that you can say you truly like your contractors, but we truly consider Lance and Dave friends now and would without hesitation recommend them and would not even think of using any other contractor for further projects.

We chose Bowman Walker to build our new house after interviewing several contractors in Cape May. From the first meeting, we knew we had made the right choice. Lance and Dave were easy to work with all the way through the process. We had a very good idea of what we wanted to build, but our house quickly became a collaborative effort, with everyone pitching in ideas and suggestions. Each decision was discussed, and we were always made aware of the impacts to our budget and timing prior to things being started. After hearing so many scary stories of working with contractors in Cape May, we can honestly say our experience was outstanding. Bowman Walker's attention to detail, especially in the finish carpentry work, is what really makes our home feel custom and unique. When we are sitting on our front porch, not a day goes by that people don't stop to compliment us on the house! If given the opportunity to start the project over, or move to a new project, we would not hesitate to do it all over again with Lance and Dave. A positive experience from beginning to end is hard to find, and we couldn't be happier with the work done by Bowman Walker.

I highly recommend Bowman and Walker if you are considering undertaking a construction project. You may expect a high quality product, delivered on schedule by a trust worthy team who are very easy to work with. David and Lance will take you through the entire process from helping you to choose an appropriate lot and architect if required, through construction to ensuring you are happy with your home. They will provide step by step support accompanied by honest and clear guidance. We started construction in fall 2014 and completed the house in June 2015. Many companies will deliver a quality product, what sets Bowman and Walker above their competitors is their level of service and dedication to the customer. They will ensure that they understand what you want and then deliver it exceeding your expectations. We expected to get a new family shore house, what we received was a “dream house”. Every time we visited the house during construction and after completion we received complements from neighbors and passersby, ranging from how considerate the tradesmuen working on the house had been or how wonderful the house looked, it’s quite overwhelming and a compliment to the team. Bowman and Walker have an experienced crew and have been able to select the best subcontractors to work with, it’s not by chance that these teams have years of experience working together, it’s because they trust each other and enjoy working together to deliver what the customers want. Their years of experience show at every stage of the process. From a value perspective we were unable to beat the prices quoted by their vendors for fixtures and fittings even though we searched the internet including clearance items. Costs were managed by actively soliciting multiple bids for all trades. When problems occur Bowman & Walker will work with you to ensure you are satisfied with the outcome. We had a misunderstanding with prices quoted by one vendor so Bowman and Walker negotiated on our behalf and we ended up paying less for as higher specification product. In conclusion we consider ourselves very fortunate to have worked with Bowman and Walker and due to their experience, attention to detail and diligence we were able to relax and actually enjoy the construction of our new home…thanks David, Lance and team.

The Bowman Walker team, headed by Dave Walker and Lance Bowman, built a large addition to our Cape May beach house that almost doubled its size. They did it on time, on budget and with the highest regard to quality and workmanship, including excellent suggestions for improvement to the design. Four years and several major storms later, it's still beautiful and rock solid. Best contractors on the Jersey Shore.

Bowman Walker Construction helped to make our beach home dreams come true. Thirteen years ago we bought a small Millman home in Villas, NJ. We had dreams of remodeling our home and adding an addition. With our own ideas in mind we contacted Lance and Dave at Bowman Walker Construction to begin the process. Our home successfully went from a three bedroom one bath home to a four bedroom two and a half bath, with a stunning master bedroom suite, porches and decks. At the time we lived five hours away from the construction site........we were daily kept informed of changes, problems and potential choices. The lines of communication were always open. When we visited the site we would do a walk through to discuss every detail. Our home is a beautiful example of their choice of detail and quality of workmanship. We are so happy and proud to own a Bowman Walker Construction home.