Enhancing Your Home from the Outside In
In the middle of the winter, enjoying your home’s outdoor spaces might be the furthest thing from your mind. But before you know it, the weather will warm up and you’ll have plenty of time …
CCI Subcontractor’s Corner: Jeff O’Rourke, GoliathTech
At Custom Contracting, we work hard to incorporate the latest advances in the field so we can deliver greater value to homeowners. A case in point is our adoption of screw pile footings in certain …
What It Takes to ‘Age in Place’
Would you like to be able to live in your current home for the rest of your life? With the older baby boomers now in their 70s, it’s a possibility more and more Americans are …
Accessory Apartments & Multigenerational Living
It’s no surprise to us that the number of multigenerational homes is growing across the country. We’re certainly seeing that trend among our clients. A 2016 Pew Center analysis of census data found that “in …
What Could a Mudroom Do for Your Home?
New Englanders are known for being practical, so it’s fitting that mudrooms seem to be growing in popularity around here. We don’t have any hard statistics to back up this statement. But at Custom, we’re …
CCI’s Bill Farnsworth was Tournament Chair at the EM NARI golf tournament to raise money
EM NARI hosted its 19th Annual Golf Tournament at Shaker Hills Country Club in Harvard, MA. A dismal forecast forced us to move the tournament back to October 3rd – but players and EM NARI …
Project Spotlight: The Wall/Weng Home
When it came to their recent remodeling project, Lexington’s Ian Wall and Julia Weng went big. The work spanned their kitchen, family room, living room, mudroom, former sunroom, master bedroom and more. And in the …
Project Spotlight: The Heinrich Home
Len and Judy Heinrich rightfully claim to be one of Custom’s longest-tenured clients. We completed our first project for them — a major renovation of their home on Hillsdale Road in Arlington — back in …
Turning Small Kitchens into High-Impact Kitchens
For an experienced general contractor like Custom, renovating a large kitchen is simple. A small kitchen, on the other hand, introduces all kinds of challenges that can be difficult — and rewarding — to solve. …
Everything but the Kitchen Sink: Milestones in Kitchen History
From daily meals with the family to dinner party guests gathering around the granite-topped island, the kitchen holds a unique place at the center of the home. That wasn’t always the case, however. Merriam-Webster traces …
Countertops: What’s Hot (or Not)?
Homeowners buying new kitchen or bathroom countertops have more options to choose from than ever before. To learn about the latest trends, we spoke with Pierre Rancourt, president of Stone Surfaces in Woburn. Natural Stone …
See a House Transform from Start to Finish with this remodel
Sometimes we need to think outside the box…in this case, way outside. These homeowners needed more square footage, but didn’t have a level lot to work with. Without extending the existing basement, we added a …