Few home exteriors give a more classic, familiar beach house appearance as those with cedar siding. Historic homes on Long Beach Island, now adorned with silver shingles weathered from years in the sun and salt air, look timeless. Whether the home is a brand-new build or coming up on 100 years old, cedar siding is a quintessential aspect of coastal real estate.

Ship Bottom-based general contracting company HMG Construction offers cedar siding as one element of the full-scale renovations it…