Rank 1st in Google. Book more $30K+ residential projects.
Construction SEO built for US residential contractors — remodelers, custom builders, pool builders, interior designers. Own the search terms your $30K–$500K project buyers use, not the ones your competitor is chasing.
The old SEO playbook is dead for construction. Yours isn’t working because of it.
Most “construction SEO” is still keyword-stuffing pages and buying spammy directory links — the same playbook every agency has run since 2015. It doesn’t work anymore. Not for AI Overviews. Not for the local pack. Not for high-value residential buyers who search differently.
The 2015 playbook that stopped working
- Generic keyword targeting (any traffic = win)
- Bulk directory listings + spammy backlinks
- Cookie-cutter service pages, no city depth
- Reports full of vanity metrics — impressions, positions, “traffic up”
- Zero focus on AI search visibility
- No connection between rankings and booked projects
The 2026 playbook built for AI + local search
- Buyer-intent keywords qualified by project value ($30K+)
- Regional press + industry-authority backlinks only
- City + service + neighborhood depth, real content
- Reports show booked consults and pipeline dollars
- AI Overview, ChatGPT, Perplexity citation as first-class KPIs
- Every ranking tied back to a real project inquiry
Four systems that compound into #1 rankings.
No fluff. No black-box AI Overview promises. Four repeatable systems that layer on top of each other and compound month over month.
Technical Foundation
Site speed, schema, crawlability, mobile-first, Core Web Vitals. If Google can’t index it cleanly, nothing else matters.
Content Depth
Buyer-intent articles + city pages + real project teardowns. Content Google WANTS to rank because homeowners actually search for it.
AI Search Visibility
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews — the new search layer. Structured for AI to cite you, not the aggregators.
Authority Signals
Regional press, industry publications, review flywheel, sameAs graph. Trust signals Google + AI weigh — not spammy directory links.
Google can’t rank what it can’t crawl. We fix the plumbing first.
Most contractor sites fail Google’s basics — slow load times, broken schema, poor mobile experience, missing structured data. We audit every technical layer and fix the foundation before touching content or ads.
- Full technical audit (150+ checks including Core Web Vitals)
- Site speed optimization (target: LCP under 2.5s)
- Schema markup: LocalBusiness, Service, FAQ, Review, Project
- Mobile-first design + accessibility fixes
- Sitemap, robots.txt, canonical URLs — properly wired
- Internal link architecture for topic authority
Content that answers what your buyer is actually Googling — with proof.
Buyers researching a $60K kitchen aren’t reading “5 Tips for Kitchen Design.” They’re searching “cost to remodel kitchen Charlotte NC 2026” and “how long does a kitchen remodel take Charlotte.” We build the content they’re actually searching for — with real project data, real budgets, real timelines.
- City × service pages (Kitchen Remodeler Charlotte, Home Remodeler Raleigh, etc.)
- Cost guides with real 2026 pricing (Google loves these)
- Project teardowns with real budgets, timelines, decisions
- Neighborhood/suburb pages for suburban SEO
- Buyer FAQ pages — pre-empts every objection
Your next 100 clients will ask ChatGPT before Google. We make sure it recommends you.
AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini already influence 30%+ of high-ticket residential purchase decisions. In 24 months that number will be 60%+. Almost no contractor is optimized for this yet. First-mover advantage is real.
- Full entity schema graph (LocalBusiness + Service + Person + sameAs)
- FAQ + How-To schema tuned for AI answer extraction
- Content structured for AI citation (short answers first, then depth)
- Active monitoring: are you cited? How often? For what queries?
- Cross-platform: Google AI Overview + ChatGPT + Perplexity + Gemini
Local pack = the 3 map results Google shows above organic. 42% of all mobile searches click these — before organic.
Own the local pack. The top 3 map results win 42% of mobile clicks.
Regional press placements, review flywheel, GBP optimization, local citations, and community sponsorships build the geo-authority Google uses to decide who fills those 3 local pack slots in your metro.
- Full Google Business Profile audit + optimization
- Automated review generation (SMS + email, post-project)
- Response management for Google, Houzz, Facebook, Yelp
- Regional press placements (Charlotte Observer, Raleigh News, etc.)
- Industry publication contributions (Remodeling Mag, Fine Homebuilding)
- Community partnerships that Google reads as “real business”
Every $60,000 kitchen project you don’t book today is going to a competitor with better SEO. Not better work.
— The uncomfortable truth about residential contractor marketing in 2026
See every ranking. Every call. Every dollar of pipeline.
The same dashboard we open every Monday morning. No black-box reporting. You know exactly what’s ranking, what’s converting, and where every dollar goes.
Real numbers. Real contractors. Real rankings.
Composite results shown as illustrative examples. Real US contractor case studies rolling in 2026.
What working with us actually looks like.
Clear, Fast Onboarding
Kickoff call in the first 48 hours. Full audit + strategy delivered in week one. No 30-day “discovery” theater.
Transparent Planning
You see the keyword map, content calendar, technical roadmap — before anything ships. You approve, we execute.
Honest Communication
Weekly Loom updates. Direct Slack channel with the strategist (not a junior). If something’s not working, we say so.
Regular Check-Ins
Monthly strategy call. Quarterly business review. Reports show pipeline dollars — not vanity impressions.
The only SEO partner built for high-ticket residential contractors.
Ticket-size focused
We only work with contractors selling $20K–$500K projects. Not service calls. Not commercial. Your buyer is our specialty.
AI-first, not AI-later
We build for how buyers search today — Google + ChatGPT + Perplexity + Gemini + Maps. Not just 2019’s Google.
Senior-only team
The strategist you meet is the strategist who runs your account. Zero pass-off to a 22-year-old account manager.
Booked-project accountability
We report on pipeline dollars and booked consults — not impressions or clicks.
You own everything
Site, content, GBP, ads history — all in your accounts. If we part ways, everything stays with you.
Month-to-month
No long-term contracts. If it’s not working, walk. We earn the retainer every 30 days.
Full-stack, one team
SEO + Ads + Site + Reputation coordinated. Not five vendors blaming each other when a lead doesn’t close.
Free visibility audit first
We start by showing you exactly where you stand across Google, Maps and the AI answer engines. It runs on your own data, it takes thirty minutes, and you keep it whether or not we ever work together.
“We were nowhere on Google. Six months in with Elite, we’re #1 for 12 kitchen queries in Charlotte, and homeowners are finding us through ChatGPT. Our average project value jumped from $32K to $68K because we’re finally getting in front of the buyers who spend.”
Priced to book projects, not process invoices.
Every engagement starts with a 90-Day Growth Sprint at $4,500 — the audit, foundation, and first ranking wins. After 90 days, retainers start at $2,500/mo depending on scope.
- Full technical audit + fixes
- 10 buyer-intent pages built
- Google Business Profile optimization
- AI search entity setup
- Review flywheel activation
- 4 authority backlinks
- Weekly reporting
- Monthly strategy call
Ongoing retainers: Growth $3K/mo · Accelerate $4.5K/mo (adds Ads) · Dominate $6.5K/mo (adds LSA + press)
Construction SEO — answered.
How long before I see rankings and results?
Technical fixes ship in week 1–2. First ranking movement by week 4–6. Meaningful traffic + booked consults by month 3. Full SEO compounding by month 6.
How is this different from other “construction SEO agencies”?
Most agencies still run the 2015 playbook — generic keywords, spammy directory links, cookie-cutter service pages. We build for how residential buyers actually search in 2026: Google + AI + local pack, coordinated. Plus we only work with residential contractors — ticket-size focused.
What’s the pricing?
90-Day Growth Sprint at $4,500. Ongoing retainers: Growth $3K/mo (SEO only), Accelerate $4.5K/mo (SEO + Google Ads), Dominate $6.5K/mo (adds LSA + digital PR). Month-to-month after the sprint.
Do you guarantee rankings?
No one honest guarantees rankings. Google’s algorithm shifts. What we DO guarantee: transparent reporting, senior-team execution, walk-away rights every 30 days.
Are you optimized for AI search (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews)?
Yes — Pillar 03 of our system. Full entity schema, FAQ + How-To markup, structured content for AI extraction, active monitoring of citation frequency across all 4 major AI answer engines.
Do you work with contractors outside the US?
Not currently. Every part of our system is calibrated for the US residential contractor market and US Google SERPs.
What’s the free growth plan?
A 30-minute strategy call + live audit of your current SEO visibility. We benchmark you against your top 3 metro competitors and show you exactly where the ranking gaps are. No pitch. No pressure.
Get your free construction SEO growth plan.
30-minute strategy call. We audit your current visibility, benchmark against your top 3 metro competitors, and show you the exact ranking gaps costing you projects. No pitch deck. No pressure.
- Full audit of your Google, Maps, and AI-search visibility
- Competitive gap analysis vs your top 3 metro rivals
- Custom 90-day plan with projected pipeline impact
- Straight numbers — no fluff, no obligation