Building Restoration Service in Somerville, MA
Full envelope work is common in Somerville. Somerville buildings sit within a few feet of each other. Ladder and staging placement on a three-storey exterior is planned, not assumed, and often negotiated with a neighbour. Strip, repair, prime, and rebuild the finish properly.
Building Restoration Service Services in Somerville
Exterior Restoration in Somerville
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 Somerville.
Historic Home Painting in Somerville
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 Somerville.
Multi-Family Painting in Somerville
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 Somerville.
Wood Restoration in Somerville
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 Somerville.
Rest of what we do in Somerville: Start from the Somerville overview.
More on this trade generally: Building Restoration 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 Somerville
We measure on site and put the number in writing.
(617) 777-7700 Call Now Request OnlineWhat Building Restoration Work Here Actually Involves
Three-deckers and two-families from the 1890s through the 1920s, packed tight with minimal side yards, plus Victorian single-families on Spring Hill and Prospect Hill.
Most of our building restoration work here is for owner-occupants living in one unit of a three-family, plus landlords running the other two.
Extremely tight lot lines
Somerville buildings sit within a few feet of each other. Ladder and staging placement on a three-storey exterior is planned, not assumed, and often negotiated with a neighbour.
Stacked porches on every block
Front and rear porches carry three households and take the full weather load. Rails, decking and post bases rot first and painting over soft wood buys one winter.
Rental turnover
Much of Somerville turns over on the September lease cycle, and units have to be patched, primed and painted in days.
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 Somerville specifically, the work is mostly three-deckers packed shoulder to shoulder, and almost no room to stage 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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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
Is restoration worth it over residing in Somerville?
How long does a full restoration take?
Do you handle the approvals?
Ready for Your Building Restoration Service Estimate in Somerville?
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