General contractor in Bedford, MA

What the housing in Bedford is actually like

The stock here is antique houses near the centre, a large post-war body of capes and ranches, and later colonial development.

mid-century housing all reaching the same stage together, with the added complication that many have had one previous renovation whose quality has to be assessed rather than assumed.

What we do in Bedford

• Kitchens. closed kitchens with a doorway to a formal dining room. Whether the wall between them is bearing is the first question.
• Bathrooms. municipal services across the developed town, so second baths and layout changes are structurally rather than system limited.
• Structural and envelope repair. Rot, sills, sheathing and the water problems behind them — the work that has to happen before finishes are worth paying for.
• Decks, carpentry and painting. Including the finish carpentry that makes a renovated room look finished rather than merely new.

Water, waste and what that means for scope

Municipal services across the developed town, so bathroom work is structurally rather than system limited.

Working on site in Bedford

Comfortable suburban access throughout.

What moves the price on a Bedford project

Many of these houses have had one previous renovation. Its quality and whether it was permitted are the variables, and we check rather than build on top of an assumption.

A phone quote is a guess. We come out, measure, look behind the surfaces where we can, and send a written scope with a line-by-line price, a schedule, and a clear statement of what is not included. The first thing we check on a house here is what has already been done to the house and whether it was done properly.

If we think the budget is wrong for the work, we say so before anything is signed. And when an older house hides something — which in Bedford it often does — you hear about it the same day, with what it changes and what it costs, before we carry on.

Questions we get asked about Bedford