About Us

• Ernest G. Crews Construction, Inc. originated in 1991 in Brunswick County, NC and has specialized in custom-building since 1994. Ernie has worked in the construction industry since he was 19 years old. Ernie, his wife Donna and their two sons, Alan and Billy, reside in Ocean Isle Beach. Ernie specializes in “custom home building” and has an unlimited residential General Contractors License. He is a member of the South Brunswick Islands Home Builders Association and the National Association of Home Builders of the US. Ernie served as President of the South Brunswick Islands Home Builders Association in 2006 and was also voted "Builder of the Year" by the South Brunswick Islands Home Builders Association in 2006. He served on Board of Directors for the South Brunswick Islands Home Builders Association for the 2008-2009 term. More recently Ernie was voted #1 Builder in Brunswick County in the "2010 Best of Brunswick" Reader's Choice Award by the Brunswick Beacon, as well as winning the same award in 2008 and 2009. Our company basically builds within a ten-mile radius of our Ocean Isle Beach office. This area includes the golf course communities of Ocean Ridge Plantation and Sea Trail Plantation in Sunset Beach, NC Other areas are Crown Stream, Bent Tree Plantation, Brunswick Plantation, Bricklanding Plantation and Ocean Isle Beach, NC Having jobsites within a small area like this allows Ernie to be on any jobsite within ten minutes. It is a rare occasion to come into our office and see Ernie sitting behind his desk. He is typically on the jobsite about 95% of the time. But that is not to say that he’s hard to reach. We, and all of our subcontractors, are on the Nextel radio system. This allows us to be in constant contact with each other. We do have a “Preferred Vendors List” (with local vendors) for supplying materials for our jobsites. These “local vendors” go out of their way to make building a new home a pleasurable experience for our homeowners. So many of our homeowners are from other areas and probably half of them are actually building their “Dream Home” long distance. Our vendors and subcontractors do everything possible to make this as easy as possible. Most of our subcontractors have been with Ernie since he started his business. These include our electrician, plumber, HVAC, framers, roofers, masons and painters. By using the same subs on a continuous basis, Ernie creates a sense of loyalty between himself and the subs. Also a sense of pride develops in knowing that you are going to get a job that is well done. If a problem does arise, you don’t have to worry about who is going to take care of it, as Ernie handles this personally.