General Contractor — Hyde Park, Boston MA

General Contractor in Hyde Park, Boston MA

The low-lying Readville and Fairmount blocks near the Neponset hold ground moisture, and it shows up as rot in bottom courses, sill trim and deck framing. We cut it out and replace it.

Services

General Contractor Services in Hyde Park

Carpentry Repair in Hyde Park

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 Hyde Park.

Wood Rot Repair in Hyde Park

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 Hyde Park.

Siding Repair in Hyde Park

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 Hyde Park.

Trim Installation in Hyde Park

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 Hyde Park.

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On the Ground in Hyde Park, Boston

What General Contracting Work Here Actually Involves

A mix of Victorians near Cleary Square, 1920s–1950s single-families through Fairmount and Readville, and postwar capes and ranches on the outer edges. More vinyl and aluminum siding than you'll find in Dorchester.

How Contracting Work Is Scoped

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.

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.

Our Work

Recent Work

Failing clapboard paint down to bare wood before preparation
Exterior paint failure across clapboard before scraping and priming
Window trim carpentry from staging on a multi-family exterior
Our Work

Before & After

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Raised ranch, colour change — before Raised ranch, colour change — after Before After

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.

Why Aura

Licensed, Insured, and Based in Allston

Family-owned painting contractor working out of Allston. Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor license #193121, full liability and workers' compensation on every job.

Licensed & insured — verify #193121 on Mass.gov
Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams products
Written itemized quote within 24 hours
2-year warranty on workmanship

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Common Questions

Questions We Get Asked

How much does general contractor cost in Hyde Park?

It depends on scope, surface condition and access. We walk the property, measure, and send an itemized written quote so you can see what each part costs rather than one lump number.

How soon can you start?

Estimates usually happen within a couple of days. Start dates depend on the season — spring and summer exterior work books out furthest, so earlier is better.

Are you insured for this work?

Yes, general liability and workers' compensation. License #193121 is verifiable on Mass.gov, and we can send a certificate of insurance on request.
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