Shine Contracting LLC
P.O. Box 4926 Louisville, Ky. 40204
phone:  502-442-2841   ||   fax:  502-855-4963  ||  email:  info at shinecontracting.com

Shine Contracting is a full-service contracting, design, and build firm in Louisville, Ky. We specialize in residential and small commercial renovations, including foundation repair, framing, insulation, plumbing and electrical, drywall, interior design and exterior remodeling, and more. A few examples of our work:

• Custom renovations of multiple shotgun homes in Old Louisville
• Turning an open barn into a guesthouse with energy efficient design in Oldham County
• Designing and remodeling a bar/brewery in Southern Indiana
• Remodeling two historic buildings into restaurants downtown
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To view our projects, check out the photo galleries or the “Our Projects” page on the site. Also, you can request a bid here.

Our team

Shine Contracting’s team consists of one partner/architect, three partners/project managers, a site supervisor, two administrative assistants, and many regular construction workers.  The company has four partners:

Jonathan Bevan

Jon moved from England to Greenwich, CT in Sept 1988 with a suitcase and a few hundred dollars. He worked his way up the ladder in a retail sales business, eventually founding his own leather goods company. He ran the day-to-day operations, including sales, marketing, and developing an exclusive product line with European manufacturers. He sold the business in 2006 and moved his family to Louisville, KY in June of 2007.

Matthew Gilles

Matthew Gilles grew up in Kentucky, and currently lives in Louisville.  Matt is a graduate of the University of Colorado in Denver, and he still has ‘the western spirit’ that he discovered in the peaks and valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Matt is currently engulfed in the business of renovation, restoring and reselling homes and commercial buildings with Shine Properties LLC and Shine Contracting LLC.

Mose Putney

Mose has been a registered architect in KY since 1989. His experience and interests include urban revitalization and redevelopment through environmentally appropriate and creatively imaginative contemporary architectural solutions.

Gregg Rochman

Gregg is an entrepreneur and the owner of The Rocklee Company, a consulting firm dedicated to developing efficient operation and administrative processes for small business. The Rocklee Company has been in operation since 2003 and moved to Louisville, KY from New York in 2007.

Past projects

Breckinridge St. – Completed an exterior redesign of a house on Breckinridge Street in Louisville, just west of Bardstown Rd. Included windows and doors, painting, siding, and roof work.

Bank Street Brewhouse - Turned an old New Albany garage into a brewhouse and bar, complete with coordinating the installation of the brewery equipment, interior and exterior renovations, and interior design.

Little green building – Rent the property at 727 E. Jefferson St. – just behind the Green building on East Market.  Have renovated the building with a Yoga studio on the first floor, two massage rooms on the second floor, and office space for Shine Contracting on the third floor.

Limerick houses –

Two residential – We have purchased and renovated two homes in Limerick (the area in Old Louisville east of 12^th street and north of Central Park).

a)    S. 7^th Street – Purchased a house at the 1000 block of S. 7^th street, renovated and remodeled it including extensive cleanup, foundation work and interior redesign. Shine Properties currently rents the property.

S. 7th St. house kitchen, Before:

After:

b)   Zane Street – Purchased and renovated property at 7th and Zane Street. Shine Properties currently owns, maintains and rents the house.

One corner commercial (S. 7^th Street) – Purchased, rezoned and renovated property at W. Saint Catherine and 7^th Street in Limerick.  Turned the bottom floor into a two-part commercial area, with a glass storefront and a recording studio in back.  Renovated upstairs as an apartment.

Current projects

Shrader Lane – Renovating two barns in Oldham County. Turning one into a functional house; work includes drainage, floors, re-roofing, framing rooms, putting in new windows, doors, and walls, adding drains and water connections, adding electrical work, adding HVAC, redirecting city water lines to the building, plus interior and exterior finishing and design.  Turning the second barn into an open porch area.

Portland Ave. Firehouse – Recently purchased the old firehouse on Portland Ave. from the city surplus land bank.  Plan to re-zone the building as commercial, redesign the interior and exterior to make it fit for office work, and put in Shine Contracting offices.

Frankfort Ave. Firehouse – Recently purchased another old firehouse on Frankfort Ave. from the city surplus land bank.  Came with the Portland firehouse.  Plan to rezone it and turn it into a corner commercial space on the first floor (possibly an upscale pizza restaurant), with living area on the upper level.

Bank Street – Currently maintaining the building and property at the intersection of Bank, 15^th, and Rowan in Portland. In the future will renovate the building as a corner commercial area.

S 9^th street – Purchased and currently renovating property at 9^th and Dumesnil.

East Market Street – Beginning renovations on property at East Market Street in the NuLu area.  Have created a budget and timeline to renovate the area, add walls, floors and ceilings, add bathrooms and drywall for potential office space, and address structural issues.

Overview

• Shine Contracting is focused on redesigning residential and small commercial properties to generate value both for our company and for the community.
• Shine Contracting wants to have knowledge of all parts of real estate in Louisville to take advantage of opportunities and provide the best services for clients.
• Shine Contracting’s priorities and values on the job:
  • Do the right thing, ethically and for the good of the property we are working on
  • Add lasting value to the home and neighborhood
  • Communicate early and often with clients to provide information and guidance
  • Master our organization level and our process to lower costs
  • Build using designs that are elegant and energy efficient
  • Find and invest in properties that are undervalued or underappreciated

Contact info:

Shine Contracting
P.O. Box 4926
Louisville, Ky. 40204
Phone: 502-442-2841
Fax: 502-855-4963

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We are very excited and honored.

See the LEO results here.

Business First ran an article on June 10 about the Silver Dollar restaurant, which will occupy the bottom floor of the Frankfort Avenue Firehouse. Shine Contracting is doing the construction work on the firehouse to turn it into a restaurant. Click here for the Business First article!

Click here for the article in Tre Pryor’s blog

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