Building Restoration Service in Charlestown, Boston MA
Full envelope work is common in Charlestown. Much of Charlestown falls under Boston Landmarks Commission review. Exterior changes visible from the street — including paint colour — require approval before work begins, not after. Strip, repair, prime, and rebuild the finish properly.
Building Restoration Service Services in Charlestown
Exterior Restoration in Charlestown
Full envelope prep, repair and repaint — Strip failing coatings, repair the wood underneath, prime and build the finish back properly.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle exterior restoration in Charlestown.
Historic Home Painting in Charlestown
Period-appropriate exteriors — Lead-safe practices, historically appropriate colour, and the patience that ornate trim demands.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle historic home painting in Charlestown.
Multi-Family Painting in Charlestown
Two- and three-family buildings — Sequenced around tenants, consistent across units, one point of contact for the owner.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle multi-family painting in Charlestown.
Wood Restoration in Charlestown
Weathered siding, trim and structural wood — Clean, treat, repair and refinish rather than replace, where the wood is still sound.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle wood restoration in Charlestown.
More from us around Charlestown: Start from the Charlestown overview.
More on this trade generally: Building Restoration across our service area.
Small Crew, Licensed, Fully Covered
Aura is family-run out of Allston. Licence #193121 is on file with the Commonwealth, and both liability and workers' comp are in force on every property we set foot on.
Estimates in Charlestown
Estimates are written, itemised, and free.
(617) 777-7700 Call Now Request OnlineWhat Building Restoration Work Here Actually Involves
Federal and Greek Revival rowhouses from the 1800s, brick and clapboard, plus converted Navy Yard buildings and a band of triple-deckers toward Sullivan Square.
Most of our building restoration work here is for owner-occupants in the historic district who are used to a process, plus Navy Yard condo associations.
Charlestown Historic District
Much of Charlestown falls under Boston Landmarks Commission review. Exterior changes visible from the street — including paint colour — require approval before work begins, not after.
Period-appropriate colour
Approved palettes for a Federal rowhouse are narrower than most owners expect. Picking a colour before checking is an expensive way to learn that.
Very narrow streets
Some Charlestown streets barely take a vehicle. Staging, ladders and material delivery all have to be planned rather than assumed.
Restoring an Older Building Is Not a Repaint
What drives the price
Restoration prices on condition and on what has to be matched. Replacing a rotted section of a plain fascia is carpentry. Replicating a moulding profile that has not been manufactured since 1910 involves either sourcing salvage or having a knife ground, and that is a different order of cost and lead time. In Charlestown, Boston specifically, the work is mostly Federal-era rowhouses, and historic district design review shapes how we schedule and stage it.
How the work is sequenced
Water first. Every restoration starts with finding where moisture is getting in, because coating over an active leak is money spent twice. Then substrate repair, then matched carpentry, then priming of every face of every new piece including the back and the end grain, then finish.
Where it usually goes wrong
The failure specific to older buildings is repair that ignores how the building was designed to breathe. Sealing a wall assembly that was built to dry outward traps moisture inside it, and the damage that follows is worse than the problem being solved. Older buildings need to be understood before they are coated.
How long it takes
Restoration schedules are driven by material sourcing and by weather windows more than by labour. We flag long-lead items at the estimate so you know which parts of the schedule are ours to control and which are not.
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
Is restoration worth it over residing in Charlestown?
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Ready for Your Building Restoration Service Estimate in Charlestown, Boston?
We walk the property, measure it, and send a written itemised quote — normally inside 24 hours. No pressure, no obligation.
Licensed #193121 · Fully insured · 2-year workmanship warranty