General Contractor in Woburn, MAYour Home Builder Down the Street

Most contractors list Woburn as one more town on a map. For NC Construction it is where the company is based. That changes a few practical things for you. We know the streets, we know the traffic around the I-93 and I-95 interchange near Walnut Hill, and a site visit in Woburn is a short drive, not a half-day trip.

It also means we are working on houses we see every day. From the older homes near Central Square to the mid-century streets in Cummingsville and Woburn Highlands, we have a good sense of what is usually behind the walls before we open them up.

Woburn's housing covers a long stretch of history. North Woburn has some of the oldest stock in the city, including late Georgian and Federal era homes on an older street pattern. Around downtown and Horn Pond you find colonials and Victorian-era houses built when Woburn was a tanning and leather town, close to landmarks like the H.H. Richardson designed public library on Pleasant Street.

Most of the city, though, was built after World War II. The median home in Woburn dates to the late 1950s, and neighborhoods like Cummingsville, Shakerhill, Montvale and the Highlands are full of Cape Cods, ranches, garrison colonials and split-levels from the 1950s and 1960s. Newer construction sits closer to the Route 128 corridor and Mishawum.

Each era comes with its own list. A Federal house in North Woburn may need sill and framing repair and careful trim work. A 1950s cape usually needs more room, better insulation and an update of original bathrooms and kitchens.

In a city where so many homes are 60 to 70 years old, the requests follow a pattern. Cape owners want to open up the second floor with a dormer so the kids are not in rooms with sloped ceilings. Ranch and split-level owners want a kitchen that is not closed off from the living room. Almost everyone with an original bathroom wants it redone, often with a tiled walk-in shower.

Outside, we see a lot of worn asphalt roofs that have reached the end of their life, older siding that is cracking or letting water in, and decks built decades ago that no longer feel safe. Inside, homeowners ask for new hardwood or tile floors and finish carpentry like trim, built-ins and stairs. Because we do all of these, one project can cover the roof, the siding and the deck without juggling three different companies.

Woburn gets real New England winters: snow loads, ice dams on low-slope cape roofs, and freeze-thaw cycles that heave stone walls, walkways and deck footings. That is why we pay attention to ventilation and ice and water protection on roofs, set deck footings below the frost line, and flash every window and door on siding jobs so water has nowhere to go.

Timing matters too. Interior work like kitchens, bathrooms, flooring and finish carpentry runs all year. Roofing, siding and decks go best from spring through fall, when materials and sealants can cure properly. If you want exterior work done before winter, it helps to get your estimate scheduled in late spring or summer.

The City of Woburn's building department requires a permit for structural work, and most roofing, deck, addition and major remodeling projects fall into that category. Some projects also involve separate electrical or plumbing permits pulled by those trades.

We explain up front which permits your project is likely to need and we help handle the permit process, so inspections line up with the work and nothing gets covered before it is checked.

The owner, Nathan Cunha, is on the job. You have one point of contact from the first walkthrough to the final punch list. After the site visit you get a clear written estimate that spells out the scope, so you know what is included before any work starts.

We keep the job site clean at the end of each day, protect floors and driveways, and keep you updated as the work moves along. Being based in Woburn means we can come by quickly to look at a problem or meet an inspector, without making you wait on a crew coming from across the state.