General Contractor in Fenway, Boston MA
Carpentry comes before coating on Fenway exteriors. Most Fenway work is hallways, stairwells and lobbies in occupied buildings — high traffic, tight sequencing, and finishes that have to survive constant use. We repair or replace it first, because paint over soft wood buys a season.
General Contractor Services in Fenway
Carpentry Repair in Fenway
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 Fenway.
Wood Rot Repair in Fenway
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 Fenway.
Siding Repair in Fenway
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 Fenway.
Trim Installation in Fenway
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 Fenway.
More from us around Fenway: Start from the Fenway overview.
More on this trade generally: General Contracting 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 Fenway
Estimates are written, itemised, and free.
(617) 777-7700 Call Now Request OnlineWhat General Contracting Work Here Actually Involves
Early 1900s brick apartment blocks, brownstone rowhouses along Bay State Road, and institutional and mixed-use buildings through Longwood.
Most of our general contracting work here is for property managers and building owners running multi-unit residential, plus institutional clients.
Bay State Road conservation district
The Bay State Road and Back Bay West area is a designated architectural conservation district under Landmarks Commission review.
Common areas and stairwells
Most Fenway work is hallways, stairwells and lobbies in occupied buildings — high traffic, tight sequencing, and finishes that have to survive constant use.
Academic calendar
Turnover concentrates around the end of the academic year. The window to get units done is narrow and everybody wants it at once.
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 Fenway, Boston specifically, the work is mostly brick apartment buildings and brownstones, and academic-year turnover 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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Colonial exterior, full repaintClapboard had failed down to bare wood across the elevation. Washed, scraped back, feathered, wood repaired, primed and finished in two coats.
Questions We Get Asked
Do you fix the wood before painting it in Fenway?
Can you match old trim profiles?
Is carpentry quoted separately?
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