Siding Contractor in Melrose, MA

Melrose (02176) is in Middlesex County, about 51 miles northeast of our Charlton shop, a run our crews make regularly. It is the 100th closest of the 109 towns we serve, and 8 miles from the coast. The towns next to it are Stoneham (2 mi), Malden (2 mi), Saugus (3 mi), Wakefield (3 mi), Medford (3 mi). From the shop it is 58 road miles to the centre of Melrose, about 84 minutes without traffic, mostly on I-90, Route 20 and Main Street.

Towns a few miles in from the coast get the worst of both: salt carried on an onshore wind and a full freeze-thaw winter, which keeps opening the seams the salt is working on. The centre of Melrose sits about 54 feet above sea level, 831 feet lower than our shop. Melrose, 8 miles from the water, is in that group.

The Census counts 12,771 homes in Melrose. The typical one was built in 1938, which makes Melrose's housing the 4th oldest of the 109 towns we serve; 70% went up before 1960 and 84% before 1980. 67% are lived in by their owners, and 53% are single-family houses. With most of the housing built before 1980, many of these walls are on their second or third exterior, and lead-safe work practices matter: federal EPA rules apply to disturbing paint on homes built before 1978.

Around Melrose, Saugus sits closest to the coast at 5 miles and Woburn farthest at 12; Arlington is the nearest of them to our shop (46 mi) and Saugus the farthest (54 mi). Saugus is across the line in Essex County. Somerville has the oldest housing of them (typical 1938) and Woburn the newest (1968).