Kent Island, MD

The Eastern Shore has its own permitting landscape — Queen Anne's County building department, Critical Area considerations along the Chester River and the Bay, and tidal zone material requirements for anything close to the water. We've navigated all of it on Kent Island projects and know what to expect from the process.

Our Kent Island Kitchen & Great Room project is the clearest example of the transformation this market calls for: twenty years of a kitchen that faced a wall, a nine-week renovation, and now the Chester River is the backdrop for every meal. The project required a full MEP conflict review before demo, a drain stack reroute planned six weeks in advance, and a coffered ceiling with a gas fireplace that anchored the great room to the new french doors. The Whitfields hosted Thanksgiving in the finished space — 24 guests, three sets of doors open to the dock.

Queen Anne's County has its own building department and its own timeline for plan review. Critical Area parcels along the Chester River, the Miles River, and the Bay shoreline require state-level review that runs parallel to county permits. We manage both simultaneously and build the timelines into the project schedule so the permit process doesn't add weeks you didn't budget for. If your property is waterfront or within 1,000 feet of tidal water on Kent Island, we can walk you through what the permit picture looks like before you commit to a project scope.