Onekama Contractor

Onekama sits at the outlet of Portage Lake where it meets Lake Michigan, and the housing stock reflects decades of seasonal use followed by a growing push toward year-round occupancy. Many properties in this area started life as summer cottages, lightly insulated, laid out for short-season use, with deferred maintenance that accumulates over years of seasonal-only attention. Updating these into functional year-round homes involves real remodeling work: insulated and reworked interior walls, energy-rated windows, siding that seals, and upgraded entry doors.

Gerhard & Sons handles this kind of conversion work regularly in the Onekama area. We assess what a seasonal cottage actually needs to perform through a full Michigan winter, and we do the work in the right order, envelope and interior walls before finishes. We also work with full-time homeowners on standard siding, window, deck, and kitchen and bath remodeling projects throughout the community.