Project Spotlight

Since we’re all at home these days, many of us are wishing we were getting more activity. It made us remember one of the coolest projects we’ve ever worked on. This gym is fantastic and …

Many homes in Arlington and nearby communities are perched on hills, which can present some interesting challenges during major renovations. This factor came into play in a recent project we completed for Belmont’s Lisa and …

Aging in place — the ability to stay in your home as you get older — is very much on the minds of homeowners these days. And more and more, it’s something that we’ve been …

We’re so excited about a project that we’re working on in Sudbury that we couldn’t wait till the project was completed to start telling you about it. The original farmhouse was built in 1810 and …

  Tim and Sara Wondolowski love their circa 1810 home in one of Lexington’s historic districts, but it was missing one thing: a garage. A painting they found hidden in their attic proved to be …

You know the old saying, “There are three things that matter in real estate: location, location, location.” And for Arlington’s Sally Royce and Craig Hunter, location certainly did matter. Their 1922 colonial sits on a …

“Is Group Building a Good Gamble?” asks the headline of an article in the March 1946 edition of Better Homes & Gardens. The story centers on four houses overlooking upper Mystic Lake in Winchester that …

  It’s always great when homeowners return to us for another job. In this case, we had previously worked on their bathroom…it turned out so well…and they liked the tile so much…that they hired us …

A few years ago, Erica and Selwyn Rabins had growing concerns about Erica’s father, David. A widower, now 80 years old, David was living alone in a two-family home in Medford. Navigating the stairs was …

For some lucky homeowners, their basement offers hidden potential to be converted into prime living space. One such homeowner is Arlington resident, Janet Fidelman who recently worked with the Custom Contracting team to transform an …

In 2009, Arlington resident Janet Fidelman was ready to remodel her cramped kitchen. She had originally purchased the home in 1979, and, all those years later, had decided that it was time for a major …

Ever since buying their Arlington colonial 10 years ago, the owners dreamed of converting the basement into something special. “One thing we’d always wanted to do was to transform the basement into a daily living …