General Contractor in Beacon Hill, Boston MA
Carpentry comes before coating on Beacon Hill exteriors. Single-glazed original windows with putty glazing. Repainting them properly is glazier's work as much as painter's, and replacement is usually not permitted. We repair or replace it first, because paint over soft wood buys a season.
General Contractor Services in Beacon Hill
Carpentry Repair in Beacon Hill
Trim, doors, porches and structural wood — We repair the wood before we paint it. Painting over a rotted board is a one-season fix.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle carpentry repair in Beacon Hill.
Wood Rot Repair in Beacon Hill
Fascia, sills, casings and corner boards — Cut out the rot, treat with epoxy consolidant where the piece is salvageable, replace it where it isn't.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle wood rot repair in Beacon Hill.
Siding Repair in Beacon Hill
Clapboard, shingle and fiber cement — Damaged courses replaced and profile-matched, then primed on all sides before they go up.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle siding repair in Beacon Hill.
Trim Installation in Beacon Hill
Baseboard, casing, crown and millwork — Installed, caulked and painted as one job so the finish lines up with the walls.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle trim installation in Beacon Hill.
Rest of what we do in Beacon Hill: Start from the Beacon Hill overview.
More on this trade generally: General Contracting across our service area.
A Family Business, Not a Call Centre
You deal with the people doing the work. We are Allston-based, we hold Massachusetts HIC licence #193121, and we carry full liability and workers' compensation cover.
Estimates in Beacon Hill
We measure on site and put the number in writing.
(617) 777-7700 Call Now Request OnlineWhat General Contracting Work Here Actually Involves
Federal and Greek Revival brick rowhouses from the early 1800s, with original wood sash, shutters, panelled doors and interior plaster throughout.
Most of our general contracting work here is for owners of historic rowhouses who expect the process to be followed and the detail to be right.
Beacon Hill Architectural Commission
Boston's first historic district. Exterior changes visible from a public way require approval, and the level of detail reviewed here goes further than anywhere else in the city.
Original wood sash
Single-glazed original windows with putty glazing. Repainting them properly is glazier's work as much as painter's, and replacement is usually not permitted.
Extremely limited access
Narrow streets, brick sidewalks, no parking and no setback. Everything comes in by hand and staging is negotiated, not assumed.
What a Contracting Quote Has to Account For
What drives the price
Carpentry pricing is mostly about what is behind the surface, which nobody knows until it is open. We price the known scope firmly and carry the unknowns as a written allowance rather than a vague contingency, so a rot repair that turns out to run further than the visible damage does not become an argument halfway through. In Beacon Hill, Boston specifically, the work is mostly Federal brick rowhouses, and the strictest design review in Boston shapes how we schedule and stage it.
How the work is sequenced
Repairs come before finishes, always. There is no point painting trim that is going to be replaced, and no point replacing trim while the flashing above it is still letting water in. We work from the water source down: flashing and drainage first, then the substrate, then the carpentry, then the coating.
Where it usually goes wrong
The common failure is cosmetic work done over an unresolved cause. Filler over rot that still has a moisture path behind it will fail again in a season, and the second repair costs more than the first because the damage has spread. If we find a source we cannot fix, we tell you before we coat over it rather than after.
How long it takes
Carpentry runs on material availability as much as labour. Stock trim and standard dimensional lumber are immediate. Matched profiles for older houses can take weeks to source or mill, and we flag that at the estimate rather than discovering it mid-job.
Recent Work
Before & After
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Raised ranch, colour changeCrew working the transition from the original yellow. Full prep before any finish went on, garage doors and trim picked out separately.
Questions We Get Asked
Do you fix the wood before painting it in Beacon Hill?
Can you match old trim profiles?
Is carpentry quoted separately?
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We walk the property, measure it, and send a written itemised quote — normally inside 24 hours. No pressure, no obligation.
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