Siding Contractor in Newton, MA

Newton (02458) is in Middlesex County, about 41 miles east of our Charlton shop, a run our crews make regularly. It is the 73rd closest of the 109 towns we serve, and 13 miles from the coast. The towns next to it are Watertown (3 mi), Waltham (3 mi), Needham (4 mi), Belmont (4 mi), Brookline (5 mi). From the shop it is 45 road miles to the centre of Newton, about 61 minutes without traffic, mostly on I-90, Route 20 and Route 30.

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 Newton sits about 99 feet above sea level, 786 feet lower than our shop. Newton, 13 miles from the water, is in that group.

The Census counts 33,959 homes in Newton. The typical one was built in 1942, which makes Newton's housing the 6th oldest of the 109 towns we serve; 67% went up before 1960 and 80% before 1980. 70% are lived in by their owners, and 23% are in two- to four-family buildings, the three-deckers and two-families this part of Massachusetts is known for. 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 Newton, Brookline sits closest to the coast at 8 miles and Dover farthest at 18; Wellesley is the nearest of them to our shop (36 mi) and Cambridge the farthest (47 mi). Needham and Wellesley and Brookline and Dover are across the line in Norfolk County. Belmont has the oldest housing of them (typical 1938) and Dover the newest (1970).