Written By Megin Potter | Photos provided by Bellamy Remodeling
[From the 2025 Home & Garden Magazine]
A father-to-son tradition builds the trade, the skills, and the values of a multi-generational legacy.
At Bellamy Remodeling, the future echoes the past.
Apprentice becomes Master as father and son journey together - integrating the lessons learned by the generation before them - to build a future brimming with purpose and flowing with joy.
Just as Gregory Bellamy once stepped into his father’s shoes, in 2032, his son Zachery, now 22, will step into his.
“It’s truly a family business,” said Greg.
Your Employees are Everything
This year, Bellamy Remodeling celebrates 50 years of service by continuing a tradition that began when Bruce and Sharon Bellamy founded the company in 1975.
Instead of enlisting in the military (and “seeing the world for free while getting paid” as his father suggested) Greg went into the family business in 1987, and his wife, Katie, joined him three years later. While developing his carpentry mastery, Greg began learning how to run the company and took over ownership when his parents retired in 2008.
Bruce told his son, “Without your employees, you have nothing.” Greg took his father’s advice to heart and this approach has served the company well since, creating a company culture where its 18 employees are treated like family. Many have been working with Bellamy Remodeling for decades. The challenge now, said Greg, is to find replacements once they retire.
Ability. Agility. Stability.
Greg loves socializing, being around people, and having a good conversation. He fuses modern problem solving-skills with an industrious spirit. Bellamy Remodeling invests in continuing education, attends seminars and trade shows to stay abreast of new materials and tools in the continuously changing industry.
“How you do the job has changed tremendously,” said Greg. In today’s residential housing market, it’s not uncommon for the size and scope of a remodel to be substantially larger than a half-century ago (and for costs to exceed hundreds of thousands of dollars).
For several years, Bellamy Remodeling has been providing summer internships to students interested in opportunities where they can learn hands-on skills from a company engrained with resilience at its heart.
“Saratoga is an upscale market. During the bad times, you hunker down. Then, when you can, you get out there, get as much work as you can, and put money away,” said Greg.
By embracing change (while planning for the future), each moment with Bellamy Remodeling is brimming with potential.
During the pandemic, when shipping delays and price increases saddled other builders with burdens that were hard to bear, the Bellamy experience was smoother. “Right before the shutdown, I told my crews, ‘Load up your jobs with materials now,’” Greg remembers.
Building Family and Homes
Business is not the only thing this family shares together. Both Bruce and Greg have been dedicated to serving in the Glenville Fire Department (Greg, like his father, became the station’s fire chief, and served for 28 years).
Three generations of the Bellamy family have all enjoyed producing maple syrup, beekeeping, and international travel. They gift jars of pure honey from the Bellamy Bee Apiary and Greg loves to cook (manning the grill and smoking meats). He has even catered parties for as many as 275 guests.
Greg, Katie, and Zachery are excited to be celebrating Bellamy Remodeling’s 50th Anniversary this summer and will be hosting a party for their current and former clients, and the subcontractors and vendors who have helped transform hundreds of area houses into places that feel like home.
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