Bruce Mears, Designer/Builder

Bruce was great! Very reassuring when anything went awry. Completed our house in 6mos. I would recommend highly. Smooth from start to finish.

When we chose a builder to build our Legacy House, we wanted someone who could understand and picture our vision. We found this in Bruce Mears Designer/Builder. From the first time we met Bruce on site and discussed our ideas, and he told us at the end of our visit that he wanted to build our home we knew we were making the right choice. We were kept informed every step of the process by Bruce and his team. Given that this was during the early stages of the Pandemic and that we lived an hour away it was very important that we were kept up to date on the daily progress. His team always exhibited professionalism and were always available for questions and advice. Even after the completion, Bruce and his team have made themselves available and willing to answer our calls. They are making our coming back home an easy transition. Our thanks to Bruce, Alan and Rob!

Bruce Mears is an expert in the business and takes great pride in his work. He and his team of project managers worked closely with us. They were some of the nicest people we have ever met. We highly recommend Bruce Mears and his team.

Bruce used a collaborative approach to build our dream home in Bethany Beach. Initially, spending endless hours perfecting each detail to make sure our visions were transformed into a brilliant design. For example, we requested a minimally obstructed view of the bay; Bruce delivered a 50 foot plus expanse with only 3 visible supports on the pool level. On the upper two levels, with few visible supports, the decks seem to float. We expressed our desire for ample natural light. Now, even on the darkest days, you can walk around the entire house without needing to turn on a light. Incredibly, windows are on two sides of every room, and each room has a direct view of the bay. Although we are in a development of many homes, we have maximum privacy inside, it's as though you are the lone home on the water. Bruce’s subcontractors treated our project as if they were building their own homes, making suggestions, and improvements throughout the construction process. Everyone took immense pride in their work and it is on display in the craftsmanship details. Simply put Bruce delivered our dream, we highly recommend Bruce Mears Design Build, the premier builder in Bethany Beach.

Cheryl and I researched several builders in the Bethany Beach vicinity. We toured many homes and sought personal recommendations. Ultimately, Bruce was head and shoulders above the rest. He designed our home in careful communication with our desires, was accessible at all times throughout the process, and offered informed opinions and ideas well beyond the scope of our experience. He was personally invested in the outcome of our project and his staff, led by Rob Hudsher, shared his enthusiasm and commitment. Our home was completed within our timeframe and exceeded our expectations. I remember touring the early framing of the home and stepping on a squeaky floor panel. Bruce said would never sleep at night knowing of a squeak in the floor of one of his homes! I think he meant it! We would offer an unqualified recommendation for Bruce Mears as a design builder!

I have know Bruce since 2010 when my family hired Bruce and his team to build our dream home in Bethany Beach. I can't say enough good things about Bruce. He and his team are the consummate professionals: detailed oriented, communicative, creative, trustworthy and easy to work with. Our project included tearing down an old cottage and creating/executing a design of a new home/construction. The project was a big under taking but due to Bruce's in depth knowledge of the Delaware beach market coupled with his years of experience designing beautiful homes, I never felt overwhelmed. I am pleased to say that I consider Bruce a trusted professional and friend.

We were so fortunate to be able to work with Bruce. He recently finished our home in Bethany Beach, Delaware. We always admired his houses from afar and when the time came to build our house we contacted him immediately. He is a brilliant designer/ builder. He handled the entire project from start to finish. He is ethical, honest and 100% attentive to our concerns and wishes. We spent little to no time overseeing this project we just arrived early May and moved in. The project was finished ahead of schedule ( weather was also on our side) but Bruce really had a team on site from day one of signing the contract. Again an absolute pleasure to work with such an incredible builder. He is honest down to the last penny... we feel so blessed and are very grateful to him for building us such a beautiful home for our family to share..... Neighbors also in awe.... and he was also very respectful of the neighbors... very important when tearing down and building a new house. Really can't sing his praises enough. Great guy... great team Real pleasure.

Bruce Mears Design/Build did a great job building our new home in Bethany Beach. It was a pleasure to work with Bruce Mears and his team. Everyone had our best interests at heart from day one. They have always been very understanding and responsive from the design phase to construction to resolving a couple minor issues after we moved in. For our dream house at the beach, we started to work with an architect but decided to switch to Bruce because it was one stop shopping. He would have no one to blame but himself if something wasn't right. He personally designed the house at no cost and worked with us to value engineer the design and construction. This was critical to ensuring that we would receive the best possible value for the money spent. Since we moved in, Bruce and Rob who was our supervisor are always available to help, whether it is answering questions or meeting with a subcontractor to hook up the gas grill...always at no cost. Quality and satisfaction are certainly their main focus. We have built several homes and this is the first one that I did not worry about having to constantly check on the quality of the construction. As an engineer I sadly observe poor construction way too often. I was always pleasantly surprised when stopping by the construction site to see that everything looked properly constructed. We highly recommend using the Bruce Mears team. It's like they are part of our family.

We are absolutely thrilled and tremendously satisfied with the work of Bruce Mears and his team. They are most professional, reliable and punctual. The project exceded all our expectations and was completed ahead of schedule. Bruce and his project manager were and are always available for questions and kept us abreast along the way of any changes that were needed. The project was in line with the projected budget. We highly recommend Bruce Mears. His knowledge of our beach community and enthusiasm are infectious.

This review is to outline our outstanding relationship with Bruce Mears and his company. We (two families that share the house) started with a builder in Ocean City, MD and soon became dissatisfied. His design incorporated some of the features we had requested, but fell way short of meeting our needs. That builder wanted to charge us additional just to re-design what we had initially requested. We had surveyed several local realtors and they directed us to the Bruce Mears Company. What a refreshing change! We met with Bruce and one could tell immediately that Bruce took great pride in his firm's ability to have well satisfied clients. I wouldn't say that we were "demanding" customers, but we were fussy and with two families involved, it had to have been more difficult to deal with us. Bruce and his folks were patient, attentive and responded precisely to all of our issues. In some respects, it was probably more difficult to take the incomplete design from the original builder and modify it to the design we wanted. Bruce personally did all the work and the end result was a super design. There were obstacles and hurdles and he took them all in stride. the re-structured design met all of our expectations. Our house is now 9 years old and is as solid and good looking as the day it was completed. Bruce Mears was involved at every stage of construction and has stayed with us over the years. His guys and Bruce have always made themselves available to us and have been extremely responsive. Best move we ever made was going with Bruce Mears. It is a business relationship, but Bruce is now a friend and can be relied on. It's a pleasure to write this review because good people that do good work should be recognized and rewarded.

We hired Bruce Mears to design and act as general contractor for a major renovation of a Delaware beach front home built in 1983. Because of Bruce's design expertise and building experience, we did not have to hire an architect (thereby savings lots of $). Working with our design objectives and concepts, Bruce drew up building plans in a collaborative and efficient manner that helped us "value engineer" the finished product. We hired Bruce in May 2015, started demolition in September 2015, and received our CO in July 2015. Bruce and his team were super responsive at all times. If he did not answer his phone when we called he returned the call in a most timely manner. He was professional in every respect; there was never any drama. When he gave his word, he delivered. Take a look at the attached photos. The house was rebuilt on-budget and on-time. I can think of no higher praise for a GC than that statement.

Bruce Mears is a highly awarded Designer/Builder who makes custom homes at the beach with beautiful designs that are both original and functional. His professionalism, dedication to perfection, attention to detail, and creativity are second to none. I look forward to working with Bruce on premier custom homes across Delmarva for many years to come.