About · The Founder

One owner.
One accountable contract.
One closeout.

We started RuLee Construction LLC to do construction the way we always wanted it done — with clear scopes, documented decisions, and a single accountable owner from the first walkthrough to the final closeout package. No layered handoffs. No "someone will get back to you" callbacks. The owner picks up the phone — and walks the site.

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Rui Reis, founder of RuLee Construction LLC, photographed in Roselle Park, New Jersey
Rui Reis · Founder & Sole Member · Roselle Park, NJ
The Founder

Built by the hands that walk the site, not handed down a chain of command.

Rui Reis founded RuLee Construction LLC in Roselle Park, New Jersey to bring something specific to the residential remodel, finish carpentry, and light commercial market: a contractor whose name is on the LLC, on the contract, and on the phone — the same person who walks the site, writes the scope, and signs the closeout package.

That structure is not a marketing line. It is the operating model. Every quote, every site visit, every change order, every punch list runs through one accountable owner. No handoffs between estimating, project management, and the field. No layered organization to defuse responsibility when a finish detail is off or a schedule slips.

Rui operates RuLee Construction as a single-member NJ LLC registered to do business in the State of New Jersey. The company carries the federal Unique Entity Identifier required for federal-tier procurement work.

What clients can expect is straightforward: the owner answers the phone, walks the property, drafts the scope in plain language, and is on the punch list at the end. Nothing about that is automated. Nothing about that is delegated. That is what owner-operated means here.

Rui Reis Founder & Sole Member · RuLee Construction LLC
What We Stand For

Four disciplines, every project.

These are not values painted on a job-trailer wall. They are how the work runs day to day — what we write into the scope, what we document in the field, and what we hand over at closeout.

01 Accountability One owner, one contract, one phone number. If something is wrong, we own it. If something changes, we tell you in writing before the work happens.
02 Documentation Site visits, decisions, change orders, and closeout packages are written down — not held in someone's memory and not lost between trades.
03 Direct Communication No layered account managers. One point of contact from the first walkthrough to the final punch list. The owner answers the phone — and returns the call.
04 Craft Mitred returns, scribed reveals, level subfloors, square trim. The kinds of details most contractors quietly subcontract — we self-perform.

The company, by the facts.

Headquarters Roselle Park, NJNew Jersey · service area on request
Federal UEI XDGXABWCM7N7SAM.gov Active · CAGE 215R5
NJ Entity ID 0451141363NJ Division of Revenue
NJ HIC Reg. 13VH14168400Active · view certifications →
NJ SBE Cert. A0707-00Certified · Categories 1 & 4
The Lane We Serve

Premium residential. Light commercial. Public-works ready.

We focus on the work where finish quality, communication, and documentation matter most — bathrooms and interior renovations, finish carpentry and trim, flooring and tile, decks and outdoor living, plus tenant improvements and subcontracting packages on light commercial and public-works projects.

What we do not do: bid the whole world. We turn down what we cannot self-perform with discipline. That is what protects the work for the clients who hire us.

Let's build something properly.

One call, one accountable owner, one disciplined process — from the first walkthrough to the final closeout package.

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