Expert General Contractor in Middleton, Massachusetts

All of it, including Middleton Center, South Middleton, North Middleton and the rest of ZIP 01949. We also work throughout Essex County.

You get a 5-year workmanship warranty on all of it, with manufacturer coverage on top. 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.

The three we see most often here: water damage that spans siding, trim and window openings and cannot sensibly be split up; exterior scope that grows once the walls are open, with no agreed rate for the extra; and work that was quoted by three separate trades who each assumed someone else was handling the flashing. Locally, salt air corrosion on exterior materials comes up repeatedly on saltbox colonials.

Sometimes. On a saltbox colonials 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 to four weeks end to end, including inspection slots. Essex County weather does move schedules — salt-laden air that strips coatings and pits fasteners years earlier than inland weather does is the usual reason — so we build a weather margin into the date we give you rather than promising one we cannot hold.

Our Middleton 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.