Your Heart Centered Community Oriented Neighborhood Carpenter
Welcome to A Neighborhood Carpenter, a family owned construction company located in Brevard, North Carolina among the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We create joyful, restful, and sustainable spaces that benefit people, place, and the planet. Specializing in Timber Framing, General Contracting and Custom Woodworking for the built environment.
We would love to help you with your next project!
What We Do
If you’ve already dreamed up your project or you’d like someone to walk with you through the entire construction process - we collaborate with all trades so you get what it is that you're excited about. We are a licensed General Contractor company with an ability to keep all parties working together for the completion of your project.
Whether you’re interested in a sauna, treehouse, renovating your kitchen, updating your bathroom or adding a decorative entrance or torii gate, our aim is to create a joy-filled space for you and your loved ones to cherish.
Specializing in hand made, mortise and tenon structures. If you’re interested in barns, pergolas, gazebos, timber entrances, or entire homes we would love to help bring your vision to life.
Timber Frame Courses
We love sharing our joy and passion for timber framing. Matthew has been teaching courses at Yestermorrow for over 5 years. You can find the upcoming classes at the link below. Reach out if you are curious about timber framing and would like to schedule a custom class.
Upcoming Courses
Our Team
Matthew Agrella-Sevilla
At the core of the business is Matthew and his desire to grow a heart centered, community oriented company. He values, above all else, his family and his team. Matthew is a master carpenter creating custom unique structures to bring his client's dreams to reality. To know Matthew is to feel inspired. His kindness and collaborative spirit make him such an asset to the team, motivating us to work together while creating a positive and encouraging environment.
Kathleen Rogers
Kathleen is an artist in every sense of the word. A professional animator and a carpenter, what a balance! Whether texturing and modeling 3D objects and characters, freelancing to help develop games, assisting clients with color and spatial flow, or working on our latest construction project - Kathleen is always looking at the world from an artistic lens. If there is a problem that needs to be solved, Kathleen is frequently our first to come up with a solution, and it’ll look good too.
Our
Values
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We have a "triple bottom line." We aim to be Environmentally, Socially, and Financially productive.
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We are a worker-owned business that is also part of a collective of builders (one- to three-person teams) that come together for bigger projects.
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The handmade difference. We are a handmade company and you will see our heart and soul poured into everything we create.
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Collaboration. We take pride in our prompt, thorough communication with clients, subcontractors, and the building department for the success of the project.
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Joy and fun! We smile a lot while working because we like who we are with and what we are doing!