Expert General Contractor in Chester, Massachusetts

The three we see most often here: work that was quoted by three separate trades who each assumed someone else was handling the flashing; water damage that spans siding, trim and window openings and cannot sensibly be split up; and a schedule where the siding crew arrives before the windows do. Locally, severe winter weather damage comes up repeatedly on springfield triple-deckers.

Our Chester projects generally land at $18,000–$60,000 for a combined exterior package. The spread comes down to size, material and what we find once the old work comes off — which is why our written quote includes an agreed rate for hidden damage rather than a guess. Estimates are free and we do not price on the doorstep.

Plan on two to four weeks for a combined siding, window and door package. Hampden County weather does move schedules — Connecticut River Valley humidity that keeps sheathing damp long after the rain stops is the usual reason — so we build a weather margin into the date we give you rather than promising one we cannot hold.

No — our own people, start to finish. Subcontracting is how a schedule slips and how nobody ends up owning a defect.

Sometimes. On a springfield triple-deckers 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.

You see it before we cover it. The rate for hidden damage is written into the contract up front, precisely so nobody is negotiating while the house is open.