Expert General Contractor in Whately, Massachusetts

We stop, photograph it and show you before covering anything back up. The repair rate is agreed in the contract before we start, so there is no renegotiation with your wall open.

We do. We file with the Whately building department, schedule the inspections and meet the inspector on site. As a Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor (HIC #204634) that is our responsibility, not yours.

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

Sometimes. On a rural farmhouses 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.

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

You get material coverage from each manufacturer and one 5-year guarantee across the entire project. 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.