Elberta Contractor

Elberta is one of the smallest incorporated villages in Benzie County, sitting directly across Betsie Lake from Frankfort on the Lake Michigan shoreline. The community is tight-knit and the housing stock is predominantly older — many homes here date to the early to mid-twentieth century, built during the era when Elberta had more industrial activity along the waterfront. These are compact, well-located properties with real age on them: the kind of homes where roofing, siding, windows, and foundational work come up regularly as maintenance cycles turn over.

Gerhard & Sons works directly with Elberta homeowners on residential construction and repair. Lake-adjacent locations mean constant wind and moisture exposure, and materials and methods need to account for that. We handle roofing and siding replacements, foundation repairs and new footings, window and door upgrades, interior remodeling, and finish carpentry — with the attention to detail that smaller, older homes require. Elberta's scale means most neighbors know each other, and our reputation in the area is built job by job.