Expert General Contractor in Athol, Massachusetts

The three we see most often here: water damage that spans siding, trim and window openings and cannot sensibly be split up; two warranties that each point at the other when something leaks; and work that was quoted by three separate trades who each assumed someone else was handling the flashing. Locally, worn aluminum siding from the 1970s comes up repeatedly on triple-decker homes.

Sometimes. On a triple-decker homes we can often match a single elevation closely enough that it reads as original. Where the existing material has faded past matching, we will say so rather than sell you a repair you will be unhappy with.

Plan on three weeks on average when several trades are sequenced together. Worcester County weather does move schedules — freeze-thaw cycling that opens any joint left unsealed is the usual reason — so we build a weather margin into the date we give you rather than promising one we cannot hold.

We work mainly in full-exterior envelope work, siding, window and door packages, porch and entry rebuilds, and we are certified installers for James Hardie, Andersen, Therma-Tru. Which of those makes sense for your Athol home depends on exposure and budget, and we will tell you when the cheaper option is the right one.

It gets photographed and shown to you the same day. Because the repair rate is already agreed, finding rot changes the invoice by a known amount rather than an argued one.

You get manufacturer warranties on every material plus a single 5-year workmanship warranty covering the whole package. Both are in writing at handover. The workmanship warranty is ours, not a third party's, and it is the one that actually gets used.