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address: "Washington Township, New Jersey 07676, United States"
latitude: 40.9883
longitude: -74.0635
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rating: 5
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# ECS Homes

Original Houzz profile: [ECS Homes](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/home-builders/ecs-homes-pfvwus-pf~1384344850)

## Professional summary

- **Primary category:** Home Builders
- **Location:** Washington Township, NJ
- **Serves:** Montclair, Englewood, Mahwah, Tenafly, Oradell, Woodcliff Lake, Demarest, Bergen County East, Bergen County West, Essex County East
- **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (33 reviews)
- **Best of Houzz:** 8 awards (2015–2024), for Service.

## About

### Houzz Badges

- Star Houzzer
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- 1,000 Ideabook Saves

ECS Custom Homes is a Construction Management firm that specializes in new homes, residential renovations, whole home re-modeling and additions. The company is run by husband and wife team Mike & Nora, whose blend of organization, planning, style and attention to detail is brought to each and every project.
 
ECS’ expert network of tradesmen can tackle any genre from traditional through transitional and contemporary.
 
For over a decade, ECS has excelled in finding creative solutions to design issues, delivering a superior finish and meticulous detail. Mike’s multi-skilled approach sees him able to advise on structure and materials through to interior design.
 
Mike prides himself on their project and time management, which is delivered with determination, vigilance and passion. Ultimately their real skill is in building partnerships – not simply with tradesmen and suppliers, but with the homeowner, living the mission day by day to create something beautiful.

### Services Provided

- Custom Homes
- Home Remodeling
- Home Additions
- Kitchen Remodeling

### Areas Served

- Montclair
- Englewood
- Mahwah
- Tenafly
- Oradell
- Woodcliff Lake
- Demarest
- Bergen County East
- Bergen County West
- Essex County East

## Business Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Business Name | ECS Homes |
| Address | Washington Township, New Jersey 07676, United States |
| Phone | (201) 741-2112 |
| Website | http://ecsnj.houzz.com |
| Followers on Houzz | 390 |

## Contact

- **Houzz profile:** [ECS Homes](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/home-builders/ecs-homes-pfvwus-pf~1384344850)
- **Website:** http://ecsnj.houzz.com
- **Phone:** (201) 741-2112

## Credentials

- **Best of Houzz:** 8 awards (2015–2024), for Service.

**Affiliations**
- [National Association of Home Builders](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/schools-and-organizations/national-association-of-home-builders-pfvwus-pf~562065019)
- [New Jersey Builders Association](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/schools-and-organizations/new-jersey-builders-association-pfvwus-pf~278547811)
- [Builders Association of Northern NJ](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/schools-and-organizations/builders-association-of-northern-nj-pfvwus-pf~597541178)

## Reviews

**Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 33 reviews**

*Aspect averages:*
- Work Quality: 50.0
- Communication: 50.0
- Value: 50.0

### Reviews

**★★★★★ — HU-150495123, March 2023**

> Mike and his team are one of a kind. Extremely professional to work with. Not only is the work top tier they guide and educate you through the process to better understand the overall expectations.

**★★★★★ — HU-380249916, Nov. 2021**

> Our company has had the pleasure of working on multiple projects for Mike and his team. They are professional and stand behind their work. We highly recommend this company for all of your construction needs.

**★★★★★ — ampepe, Feb. 2021**

> We have nothing but love for this team! Designing and building a house can be a very stressful and personal process and Mike and his team made it easy. We worked with ECS Homes on a custom home from the demo of an existing house to the finishings of our forever home.  Mike Elayan is extremely personable, patient, easy to talk to, easy to work with and above all, the ECS team's attention to detail is unparalleled. Mike's creativity is one of his biggest assets and truly shines through when in the field, walking through each phase of the project, pivoting when necessary in order to make changes that truly improved the function of our home. With a focus on quality above all, we couldn't be happier with this team and our finished product. We moved into our custom home about 6 months ago and wouldn't change a single thing! Thank you to the BEST team, turned friends, for building us our dream home for our growing family. Grateful for you and all your hard work!

**★★★★★ — johnnygoll16, July 2020**

> We would highly recommend Mike and ECS Homes to anyone wanting to build a high quality, custom home. Designing, planning and building a new home is very stressful and a huge investment. ECS made the experience a positive one and we never had a minute of regret on our choice to use them. Attention to detail, responsiveness, options, design ideas, you name it and the ECS team provided it to us. We could not say more good things about the experience. And the timing of completion was spot on, even during the public health concerns. Thank you to Mike and the entire ECS team for helping us build our dream home!!

**★★★★★ — Vivian Kim, Sept. 2019**

> Our journey with ECS started in the summer of 2017 with a conversation with Mike Elayan in his beautifully built brand new construction home.  He came highly recommended by a friend and it was apparent why; he took us for a tour and immediately we were impressed by the quality and creativity of what we saw.  While we envisioned an ultra modern style for ourselves, we knew ECS was equipped with talent and experience to execute on any style.  Fast forward to 2019, we are now comfortably living in our brand new home built impeccably by the ECS team.  We had some bumps along the road but ECS guided us and helped us overcome all challenges and got us to the finish line.  The team was professional, patient, understanding, hardworking, and made every effort to help us achieve our dream while alleviating all the stress that comes along with building a home.  I can't say enough good things about ECS.  Special shout out to Mike Asquith who worked tirelessly on our project.

**Comment from ECS Homes:**

> Ben and Vivian, it was an absolute pleasure working with you. This was a very fun project and we really enjoyed brining your vision to life. Wishing you a lifetime of happiness in your new home!

**★★★★★ — Luca Ramos, May 2019**

> Fantastic Experience with ECS Homes. ECS was able to bring my family's dream Home to reality with quality, Knowledge and respect. Mike's Team was always available to us with excellent communication, great Ideas and solutions in the whole project. They were able to help us stay in budget, met the deadline expected, even with all changes we made. ECS is a high quality company and I would not change a thing done by them. Totally recommend it !

**★★★★★ — emmanoacody, April 2019**

> ECS homes built our home from start to finish. They spent so much time looking at different properties and land with us all before we even hired them. Mike is thorough, patient, knowledgeable, honest and calm. Anything I asked for he looked into and offered me an estimate. I expressed that I could not go over budget and we worked together to stay as close as possible. I’ve built other properties with other GC’s and builders and the experiences were not great to say the least. I would highly recommend Mike and his team!!!

**★★★★★ — C V, July 2018**

> We have too many amazing things to say about ECS Homes to put in this review, but they are truly the best out there. We used Mike and ECS for an addition and full renovation and we can’t express how happy we are with our home.
> We hit it off with Mike from our first meeting. He has great ideas, great taste, and comes off personable and professional. It only got better from there as we took on this project having never been through any kind of major renovation.  Mike said from the first meeting that it was his goal to make sure we were completely happy with the result of the project and we can honestly say he stood by that to the very end. There were hard decisions and unexpected things that come standard with renovating older homes, but the team went above and beyond to make sure we were happy with the end result even if it wasn’t always the easy way.
> Mike and team are professional, honest, fair, super hard working, and overall just great at what they do. We would be remiss not to mention that not only is Mike fantastic, but he has the best team. We worked closely with Will and later on Nora and Mike A and every one has shown the same high level of professionalism and expertise that Mike has.
> Bottom line-you will not regret using ECS!!

**★★★★★ — Danielle G, Feb. 2018**

> Saying that ECS is the best is an understatement.  We finished our renovation project under budget and ahead of schedule, and the end result is absolutely spectacular.  Mike and Nora's attention to detail is unmatched, and they are such a pleasure to work with.  The entire process was enjoyable and fun (how many people can say that about a renovation???)  Their team is top-notch; everyone was completely devoted to creating a fantastic end product, ensuring that our visions were realized and making sure that we were in love with the result---and we are!  The process went so smoothly, as Mike and Nora guided us through.  All emails and phone calls were answered in a timely manner and with grace under pressure.  We truly cannot say enough good things about them.  We absolutely give them our highest recommendation without any hesitation at all.

**★★★★★ — Yony Noy, Feb. 2018**

> There is no better company to work with than ECS, hands down!  They take care of every part of the job, BEAT aggressive timelines that no one else was willing to come close to and gave us an amazing new home that's better than we could've imagined.  They provide their expertise in every facet of the project and educate us on all the areas that we aren't familiar with.  There isn't anyone I would recommend more than ECS to build or renovate a home and was fortunate to work with them!  If anyone has any questions about them I'd personally be happy to answer them as they gave us that great of an experience, I'd want everyone to go through what my wife and I did.
>
> To give you an understanding of what they did, and I'm sure I only know the half of it, they managed the entire project of new siding, new roofs, an additional floor on top of my home, new steps, new bathrooms, kitchen, HVAC, electric, plumbing, trim, windows, floors, paint, tiling.  We ended up adding a master suite, an office, a laundry room a guest bath and guest bedroom onto the 3rd floor, redid the roof, siding, steps, kitchen, guest bath and re-stained floors, upgraded the trim, electric and repainted 75% of the home.
>
> As I said before, if you ask Mike and Will there are probably 50 things I didn't list, but they made my starter home into a forever home and I couldn't thank them more.  More importantly they beat an extremely impressive timeline by 2 weeks that we put on them because of an anticipated new addition to the family so that alone was so valuable to my family as it allowed us to have time and settle back in before that time comes.
>
> Thank you again to ECS for the amazing job!

**★★★★★ — djb12, Feb. 2018**

> We hired Mike and team to complete a full home renovation including additions to the first floor and upper level. We could not be more pleased with the results. Mike always kept the project moving and finished on time. Mike has a great relationship with his trades and vendors. The quality of craftsmanship was outstanding. One thing that impressed us the most is Mike’s follow through after we moved back into the home. He responds in a timely manner and has been prompt in taking action on our inquiries. Thank you ECS for making our dream home a reality!

**★★★★★ — Michael McCaugherty, Feb. 2018**

> Mike and the ECS team recently completed the construction of our new home.
> Building a home is a process that requires many decisions, multiple meetings and time.
> Thats why its called a "project".  However ECS made this process manageable. He sets realistic dates and achievable deadlines.
> Mike has a keen eye for construction and particularly detail.
> I feel they worked with us to make the right decisions for the build, our family and our long term home.
> In particular I would like to point out that Mike was empathetic to my family and career constrains.  Giving me fair time to make decisions and selections. He is a true professional and i would be happy to refer him!
> BTW - we Love our home and look forward to many years of enjoyment there!

## Selected projects

- [Salem Ridge](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/salem-ridge-pj-vj~2937484)
  - Location: Township of Washington, NJ
  - Photos: 14
- [Designed for the modern family](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/designed-for-the-modern-family-pj-vj~2629932)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 35
- [Charming Brick Colonial in Demarest](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/charming-brick-colonial-in-demarest-pj-vj~2167113)
  - Location: Demarest, NJ
  - Photos: 24
  - Description: Starting with a small outdated C/H colonial, we performed three major additions and a full interior-exterior renovation to create a home great for entertaining and everyday life.
- [Hidden Gem in Tenafly](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/hidden-gem-in-tenafly-pj-vj~654306)
  - Location: Tenafly, NJ
  - Photos: 25
  - Description: This lovely home received multiple additions and a full interior & exterior renovation. The end product is a lovely home with many unique and detailed spaces that are just right for our clients.
- [Architecural Delight in Demarest](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/architecural-delight-in-demarest-pj-vj~97766)
  - Location: Demarest, NJ
  - Photos: 31
  - Description: This wonderful home appeals to many styles. Rich with details and unique features such as a glass floor that leads to a wine cellar. You are welcomed through the front door with a unique Gas lantern shining above.
- [Unique Custom Home in Tenafly](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/unique-custom-home-in-tenafly-pj-vj~109425)
  - Location: Tenafly, NJ
  - Photos: 18
- [Woodcliff Lake meets LA](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/woodcliff-lake-meets-la-pj-vj~2166758)
  - Location: Woodcliff Lake, NJ
  - Photos: 18
  - Description: A complete transformation of a raised ranch with the goal of an open floor plan with European inspired design.
- [Montclair Modern Marvel](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/montclair-modern-marvel-pj-vj~1734003)
  - Location: Montclair, NJ
  - Photos: 21
  - Description: Our clients moved to NJ form Europe with a distinct vision of what type of house they've always wanted. After months of design and Eight months of construction, the result is a completely unique home with a contemporary flair throughout.
- [Simplicity in Tenafly](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/simplicity-in-tenafly-pj-vj~1680146)
  - Location: Tenafly, NJ
  - Photos: 11
  - Description: This lovely home is the product of three additions and a full interior renovation. Our clients goal was to achieve a subtle space that offered architectural details.
- [Quaint Master Suite Retreat](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/quaint-master-suite-retreat-pj-vj~1751668)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 4
- [Traditional Showcase in Oradell](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/traditional-showcase-in-oradell-pj-vj~61349)
  - Location: Oradell, NJ
  - Photos: 27
  - Description: This 4,000 square foot home boasts traditional details you'd expect to see in homes double the size. The owner wanted a regal look which we were able to accomplish with our millwork design.
- [Transitional Estate in Rio Vista Mahwah](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/transitional-estate-in-rio-vista-mahwah-pj-vj~1365872)
  - Location: Mahwah, NJ
  - Photos: 29
  - Description: A full interior renovation including structural modifications transformed this outdated home into a beautiful transitional space.
- [Industrial chic loft in Montclair](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/industrial-chic-loft-in-montclair-pj-vj~1264053)
  - Location: Montclair, NJ
  - Photos: 2
- [Truman Drive estate](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/truman-drive-estate-pj-vj~1264078)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 3
  - Description: It is a challenge to create a comfortable space that feels warm in homes that are in excess of 10k square feet. Our focus on strategic lighting and millwork helped us achieve a space that is vast yet warm.
- [A glimpse into the future through an Englewood Kitchen](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/a-glimpse-into-the-future-through-an-englewood-kitchen-pj-vj~1264111)
  - Location: Englewood, NJ
  - Photos: 1
  - Description: Clean lines, high gloss cabinetry with a gun metal finish and white porcelain tiles create a crisp modern space.
- [Kitchen Glamour in Demarest](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/kitchen-glamour-in-demarest-pj-vj~286364)
  - Location: Demarest, NJ
  - Photos: 4
  - Description: We had the pleasure of creating a space that features a retro twist on a traditional home.
- [Spring in Tenafly](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/spring-in-tenafly-pj-vj~1655715)
  - Location: Tenafly, NJ
  - Photos: 2
- [Guest House getaway](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/guest-house-getaway-pj-vj~868184)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 2
- [Englewood Cliffs Traditional Makeover](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/englewood-cliffs-traditional-makeover-pj-vj~286375)
  - Location: Englewood, NJ
  - Photos: 4
- [Arlington Estates Lower Level Escape](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/arlington-estates-lower-level-escape-pj-vj~160336)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 4

[See all 22 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/home-builders/ecs-homes-pfvwus-pf~1384344850)

## Ideabooks

- [Kids Bathroom-Stanford Ct](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/148001699/list/kids-bathroom-stanford-ct) — 1 idea
- [12 Academy](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/115324257/list/12-academy) — 5 ideas
- [View In My Room](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/126856975/list/view-in-my-room) — 1 idea
- [salem kitchen](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/64323264/list/salem-kitchen) — 31 ideas
- [Unique](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/105731359/list/unique) — 12 ideas
- [Vanities-12 Academy](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/115849308/list/vanities-12-academy) — 2 ideas
- [John's Man Cave](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/115758986/list/john-s-man-cave) — 3 ideas
- [Churchill](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/103837718/list/churchill) — 1 idea
- [Morristown modern](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/98866674/list/morristown-modern) — 1 idea
- [Cresskill Custom](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/95511467/list/cresskill-custom) — 1 idea
- [Ilene's floor](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/88636308/list/ilene-s-floor) — 1 idea
- [Powder room salem](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/64360639/list/powder-room-salem) — 12 ideas
- [Salem- LR](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/80188353/list/salem-lr) — 4 ideas
- [Salem-Momo Bedroom](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/80679174/list/salem-momo-bedroom) — 7 ideas
- [Miller](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/67843407/list/miller) — 7 ideas
- [Salem office](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/81969830/list/salem-office) — 2 ideas
- [69 Salem-Master Bath](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/77250518/list/69-salem-master-bath) — 17 ideas
- [Salem Butlers Pantry](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/80189425/list/salem-butlers-pantry) — 2 ideas
- [Salem- Recessed curtains](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/80190778/list/salem-recessed-curtains) — 1 idea
- [Salem- Vestibule](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/80190328/list/salem-vestibule) — 1 idea

[See all 33 ideabooks](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/ecsnj)

## Community Q&A

**Q: Can you give me information on the stair carpeting & where to buy?** *(in Photo Questions)*

A: Hi, you can contact Roy from G fried carpets in Paramus New Jersey. This was many years ago so I don't recall which carpet it was, however if you show him the picture he should be able to help you.

**Q: what are the countertops made of** *(in Photo Questions)*

A: These are marble tops.

**Q: Floor tile** *(in Photo Questions)*

Can you tell me the type of floor tile?

A: Sure, this was a natural limestone tile

**Q: paint color? drying rack?** *(in Photo Questions)*

found you on IG yesterday and am in love with your work! beautiful! can you kindly tell me the name of the paint color and where to find those drying racks? thank you!

A: Hi, Thank you! The color is Whipped Blue by Benjamin Moore. I'll look into what site the drying racks were purchased from.

**Q: what paint color** *(in Photo Questions)*

A: Hi, this is MW15 by Muralo Paints.

**Q: what is the grey wall color in this photo** *(in Photo Questions)*

A: I believe this was Muralo MW-16

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*Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-08-26.*