Shelly-T Contracting Remodels Homes With a Purpose to Serve

Written for Riverside Center for Innovation’s #ThrivingBusinessThursday.

Shelly-T Contracting LLC, a woman-owned general contracting company out of the West End increasing the value of communities one home at a time.

Founded by Charmaine Turner-Shelly and her husband Andre Shelly in 2017, Shelly-T Contracting offers interior and exterior residential remodeling services for homes within 30 miles of Pittsburgh. Their specialties are drywall, flooring, painting, gutters, roofing, and decking.

Charmaine participated in RCI’s BizFIT program, which she largely credits to her company’s success.

“That program is everything,” Charmaine says. “RCI gives you knowledge, but they also put the resources right in front of you. They teach you more than you think you need.”

The best part of the job? Seeing her clients happy, she says. With a love of construction and passion for philanthropy, Charmaine finds joy in completing a residential project. She also aspires to rehabilitate homes with the purpose of helping underserved communities.

Why does she do it all?

“Because I’m an entrepreneur,” she says. “I am not clocking in on anyone else’s clock but my own, and the bonus is to make people happy, increase the value of their home, and increase the value of their community.”

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