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Gloucester, VA, 23061
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Rave Design+Build

Rave is a full service design-build firm owned and operated by husband and wife team, Ray and Melisa Wamsley. Melisa holds a Bachelor's of Environmental Design in Architecture and provides our clients with more than 16 years of design experience. Ray is a Virginia licensed, Class A Contractor with more than 30 years of hands-on construction experience. From single-service solutions to complete design+build project delivery, Rave can tailor our expertise to suit your project specific needs. Initial consultations are provided gratis. If you prefer to serve as your own General Contractor or are a DIYer but need direction with your project, we can assist you with navigating the permit process, reviewing bids and vetting contractors, devising a realistic project schedule or construction consulting. If you are not sure your project is even achievable, you may be interested in hiring us for a design charette, feasibility study, project programming or project management.

From BuildZoom: Rave Design+Build, Gloucester, VA (Employees: Melisa Wamsley and Ray Wamsley Iii) holds a Commercial Building (Cbc), Residential Building (Rbc) license and 4 other licenses according to the Virginia license board.

Their BuildZoom score of 89 does not rank in the top 50% of Virginia contractors.

Their license was verified as active when we last checked. If you are thinking of hiring Rave Design+Build, we recommend double-checking their license status with the license board and using our bidding system to get competitive quotes.

Rave Design+Build Contact Information

Phone: (804) 824-2368

Rave Design+Build Gloucester

Quality

89
30th percentile
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Rave Design+Build has a BuildZoom score of 89, which places them above 30% of 131,387 contractors in Virginia.

Activity

1 project
 2025
4 projects
 2023
Our building permit records indicate that Rave Design+Build has worked on at least 5.0 projects over the past 3 years.

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Pricing

2 projects
 $5k-$20k
1 project
 $20k-$50k
1 project
 $1mil+
Value Not Public: 0 projects
The typical size of their permits is approximately $10,000. This graph shows the distribution of these job values.
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Rave Design+Build Reviews
1 out of 5 stars, based on 1 review

  • By Joni N.
    July 15, 2016
    build a sun room over my deck.

    RAVE (Ray Wamsley) took my check for $3500.00 to purchase materials. He never bought one stick of material nor began the project. One excuses after another. Does not answer phone calls, letters, emails or registered letter. He is a thief and scammed me out of my $$$.
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Building Permits by Rave Design+Build

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**ae(7) flood zone**build the structure of a 2
Osprey Ln, Gloucester County, VA
2023-11-30
No Description Available
Valuation:
$1,200,000
Permit #:
23110083
Status:
issued
Fee:
$1,623
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Reconstruct existing porch decking
6364 Main St, Gloucester, VA, 23061
2023-03-09
No Description Available
Valuation:
$5,000
Permit #:
23020245
Status:
issued
Fee:
$50
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Deck/landing repairs
1668 Duke Rd, Gloucester Point, VA, 23062
2023-03-09
No Description Available
Valuation:
$7,000
Permit #:
23020244
Status:
issued
Fee:
$70
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Second story addition**new stoops & rear
3146 Woodstock Rd, Gloucester, VA, 23061
2020-12-18
No Description Available
Valuation:
$130,000
Permit #:
20100078
Status:
issued
Fee:
$578
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
New covered front porch and steps 10x36
5995 T C Walker Rd, Gloucester, VA, 23061
2025-07-08
No Description Available
Valuation:
$25,000
Permit #:
25060326
Status:
issued
Fee:
$38
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Foundation & slab only for future metal detached
6211 Shady Ln, Gloucester, VA, 23061
2021-02-16
No Description Available
Valuation:
$9,000
Permit #:
21020131
Status:
issued
Fee:
$42
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Detached garage 30 x 50 x 24'h
6393 Ark Rd, Gloucester, VA, 23061
2020-01-09
No Description Available
Valuation:
$50,000
Permit #:
20010041
Status:
issued
Fee:
$200
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Roof demolish & reconstruction**dry wall & ceiling
7687 James Monroe Way, Gloucester, VA, 23061
2019-05-07
No Description Available
Valuation:
$60,000
Permit #:
19010256
Status:
issued
Fee:
$600
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
1st floor walk-in closet addition
6567 Belroi Rd, Gloucester, VA, 23061
2020-05-07
No Description Available
Valuation:
$12,000
Permit #:
20040274
Status:
issued
Fee:
$35
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
* *ae7 flood zone**phase 1: demolish attached
5362 Three Mile L N, Gloucester County, VA
2018-09-25
No Description Available
Valuation:
$65,000
Permit #:
18090096
Status:
issued
Fee:
$650
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Rebuild deck on existing foot print
5995 T C Walker Rd, Gloucester, VA, 23061
2019-10-30
No Description Available
Valuation:
$12,700
Permit #:
19100178
Status:
issued
Fee:
$71
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Construct new deck
8159 Beckwith Dr, Hayes, VA, 23072
2019-10-30
No Description Available
Valuation:
$6,300
Permit #:
19100176
Status:
issued
Fee:
$35
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Roof over deck**add new 4x4 support posts to
8380 Circle Dr, Hayes, VA, 23072
2019-07-17
No Description Available
Valuation:
$6,000
Permit #:
19070125
Status:
issued
Fee:
$60
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Interior renovations: complete kitchen remodel
4664 Groh Ln, Gloucester, VA, 23061
2018-11-01
No Description Available
Valuation:
$16,000
Permit #:
18100274
Status:
issued
Fee:
$160
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Adding an ada compliant bathroom
6-6 1 8 M A I N S T, Gloucester County, VA
2018-01-29
No Description Available
Valuation:
$6,000
Permit #:
18010215
Status:
issued
Fee:
$60
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Interior renovations no change to footprint- new
5056 Weaver Ln, Gloucester, VA, 23061
2019-12-12
No Description Available
Valuation:
$70,000
Permit #:
19120100
Status:
issued
Fee:
$700
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Addition of garage porch deck expand living
4528 Hermitage Ln, Gloucester, VA, 23061
2014-07-24
No Description Available
Valuation:
$200,000
Permit #:
14070224
Status:
issued
Fee:
$896
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
R emove and reconstruct new deck
8-3 8 0 C I R C L E Dr, Gloucester County, VA
2017-02-24
No Description Available
Valuation:
$8,000
Permit #:
17020225
Status:
issued
Fee:
$35
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Replace floor joist due to storm damage
1785 Holly View Dr, Gloucester Point, VA, 23062
2020-12-15
No Description Available
Valuation:
$6,075
Permit #:
20120115
Status:
issued
Fee:
$70
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Interior renovations: no change to foot print
6882 Williams Landing Rd, Hayes, VA, 23072
2019-10-23
No Description Available
Valuation:
$26,225
Permit #:
19100199
Status:
issued
Fee:
$270
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A