General Contractor in Natick, MA
Carpentry comes before coating on Natick exteriors. South Natick holds some of the oldest and best-preserved housing in town, with the detail and the lead paint that go with it. We repair or replace it first, because paint over soft wood buys a season.
General Contractor Services in Natick
Carpentry Repair in Natick
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 Natick.
Wood Rot Repair in Natick
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 Natick.
Siding Repair in Natick
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 Natick.
Trim Installation in Natick
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 Natick.
More from us around Natick: Start from the Natick 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 Natick
Estimates are written, itemised, and free.
(617) 777-7700 Call Now Request OnlineWhat General Contracting Work Here Actually Involves
Victorians and Colonial Revivals near the centre and in South Natick, waterfront and near-water homes at Cochituate, and 1950s onward development elsewhere.
Most of our general contracting work here is for a mix of owner-occupant families and waterfront property owners.
Lake Cochituate moisture
Properties near the water carry higher humidity year round. Mildew returns faster and north elevations need more attention than the same house a mile inland.
South Natick's older stock
South Natick holds some of the oldest and best-preserved housing in town, with the detail and the lead paint that go with it.
Wide range of eras on one route
A Natick day can take you from an 1880s Victorian to a 2015 colonial. The prep, the products and the pricing are not comparable.
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 Natick specifically, the work is mostly Victorians near the centre and postwar homes further out, and lake-side moisture at Cochituate 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 Natick?
Can you match old trim profiles?
Is carpentry quoted separately?
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