Building in Belvedere
Constrained sites and marine exposure. Material selection matters more here than anywhere in the county.
Greenport is a design-build general contractor and millwork shop in San Rafael, founded in 2012 by brothers Eli and Jacob Froneberger, both raised in Marin. We hold California General Building license #1073941, and we mill our own casework at 47 Louise St, a short drive from Belvedere.
Permitting
The City of Belvedere Planning and Building Department administers review, with design review required for essentially all exterior work on a small, tightly regulated island footprint.
Housing stock
Small lots with steeply stepped houses, a meaningful number of them historic, plus lagoon-side houses on the flat.
What decides the schedule
Site logistics. Narrow streets and stair-access houses limit staging, so sequencing and shop-built assemblies do more of the work than on-site fabrication.
Common project types
- Renovation of historic and stepped hillside houses
- Envelope and window replacement for marine exposure
- Kitchens, baths, and full millwork packages
- Structural and foundation upgrades
- Region
- Marin County
- Shop
- 47 Louise St, San Rafael, CA 94901
- License
- #1073941, active through 3/31/2027
- Hours
- Monday to Sunday, 8am to 6pm
- Reviews
- 5.0 from 17 Google reviews
Belvedere questions
- Who issues building permits in Belvedere?
- The City of Belvedere Planning and Building Department administers review, with design review required for essentially all exterior work on a small, tightly regulated island footprint.
- What kind of work does Greenport do in Belvedere?
- Renovation of historic and stepped hillside houses; Envelope and window replacement for marine exposure; Kitchens, baths, and full millwork packages; Structural and foundation upgrades. We are a design-build general contractor and millwork shop, so drawings, permits, construction, and cabinetry come from one firm.
- Why does shop-built millwork matter on a Belvedere project?
- Because there is often nowhere to fabricate on site. We build casework at our San Rafael shop, deliver it finished, and install, which shortens the time trucks and crews occupy a narrow street.