Worcester, MA The largest market in the county and the oldest housing stock. Triple deckers make up roughly half of the city's housing, and we take multifamily work. On tight city lots, conversions usually beat additions.
Leominster, MA The second largest city in the county, built by the comb and plastics industries. The developed sections are on city sewer while the western side is on private wells and septic, which changes what a project involves. Multifamily work included.
Shrewsbury, MA Approximately 90 percent municipal sewer, which makes this the most straightforward town in the county for an ADU. Also home to the converted lake cottages along Lake Quinsigamond, which are their own kind of project.
Westborough, MA The hundredth town in Massachusetts, and the place where the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord rivers all rise. Wetlands proximity and Conservation Commission review come up here more than anywhere else we work.
Holden, MA The largest of our neighboring towns, including the village of Jefferson. Partly sewered, partly septic, and sitting inside the Wachusett Reservoir watershed where state rules can add a layer.
Grafton, MA Six villages rather than one town, with three ZIP codes. The mill villages of Farnumsville and Fisherville are dense and largely multifamily. Grafton Center is a different problem entirely.
Northborough, MA The one town in our area with a Historic District Commission that has real authority over exterior work. If you are re-siding or replacing windows near the town center, confirm your status first.
Southborough, MA The newest housing stock we work in, with a median build year around 1983. A town's worth of houses built in the same twenty-year window, all reaching renovation age at once.
Sterling, MA No public sewer anywhere in town. Every property is on private septic, and the Board of Health reviews wastewater capacity before the building permit issues. That sequencing catches out-of-town contractors.
West Boylston, MA The town that lost the most land to the Wachusett Reservoir. Roughly twenty-five houses were physically moved to higher ground around 1900, which means some homes here sit on foundations newer than their framing.
Boylston, MA Only part of the town is sewered, and which side of that line your address falls on is not obvious from the neighborhood. It decides most of what an addition will cost.
Princeton, MA Our home base. Sitting on and around Mount Wachusett, with more snow, more wind, and a shorter construction season than the towns below it. Almost entirely septic and private wells.