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  • Licensed & Insured
  • MA HIC #217519 / CSL #122193
  • In-house electrical

Arlington, Massachusetts

A Contractor Who Knows How Arlington Homes Are Built

Arlington is a town people move to and then stay in, and its houses reflect that. Up in Morningside, on the hills bordering the Winchester Country Club, homes run from a million into the multi-millions. Jason Heights holds late-1800s Victorians and Mansards under slate roofs. Down in East Arlington, near the Cambridge line and the Minuteman Bikeway, the lots tighten up and two-family conversions get common. What almost all of it shares is an owner-occupant planning to be there a long time.

That long horizon shapes every Arlington project we take on. A kitchen in a Morningside colonial or an addition off a home near Spy Pond is not a flip to dress up for photos, it is a place someone intends to live in for decades. So the questions that matter are quieter: is the 100 amp panel enough for the kitchen plus the addition plus whatever gets added later, is the old wiring behind the plaster safe to build over, does the sloped lot need its drainage and foundation rethought. We answer those before demolition, not during.

Permits go through Arlington Inspectional Services, and we file them and manage the inspection schedule so you are not the one on the phone with Town Hall. On a period colonial or Victorian, the electrical inspection is usually the tightest link in the chain, and because our electricians are our own, that inspection is booked around our build. On a home you plan to keep, having one company answer for both the carpentry and the wiring is what lets the work be done right the first time.

What We Build and Remodel in Arlington

One licensed team for the whole project, from framing to final inspection.

The Arlington difference

Construction and Licensed Electrical, One Crew

On a home you intend to keep, quality of work matters more than speed, and the split between a general contractor and an outside electrician quietly works against quality. When two companies share a job, each one is careful about its own scope and no one owns the seam between them, which on an old Arlington colonial is exactly where problems hide.

Keeping construction and licensed electrical in one company closes that seam. The 200 amp service a Morningside kitchen needs or the new circuits a Heights addition calls for are run by the crew that framed the walls, so the wiring, the finishes, and the inspection are all one accountable line of work. For an owner planning to live with the result, that is the version worth having.

  • Construction, remodeling, and licensed electrical from one crew
  • Fewer subcontractor handoffs means fewer schedule delays
  • Permits and inspections coordinated with the Town of Arlington
  • Licensed and insured in Massachusetts (HIC #217519 / CSL #122193)

Arlington General Contractor FAQs

Straight answers before you hire, specific to working in Arlington.

That is the right instinct on those houses. Jason Heights is known for its late-1800s Victorians and Mansards with slate roofs, and their trim, moldings, and stair details are a big part of what they are worth. We renovate to modernize the systems and the layout while protecting the period detail, matching profiles and salvaging what we can rather than tearing out and replacing wholesale.
Most Arlington owners we work with are staying, in Morningside, on the hills near the Winchester Country Club, or around Spy Pond, and that changes the calculus. You are building for how you will actually live, so we spend more time up front on layout, storage, and the electrical capacity for what you will add over the years, and we build it to last rather than to photograph.
Building and electrical permits go through Arlington Inspectional Services, and we file them and schedule the inspections for you. On older colonials and Victorians the electrical inspection tends to be the pinch point, and because our own crew does the wiring, that inspection is booked around our build instead of waiting on an outside contractor to become available.
It is. East Arlington has the densest housing in town, with more two-family conversions and smaller lots as you move toward Cambridge and the Minuteman Bikeway. That means tighter access and shared walls to plan around, versus the roomier single-family lots up in the Heights and Morningside. We adjust the staging and the sequence to fit the block you are actually on.
Yes. We are a licensed and insured contractor holding MA HIC #217519 and CSL #122193. We are happy to share our license and insurance details before your Arlington project starts.

Serving Arlington and Greater Boston

Mass Services & Home Improvement LLC is based in Somerville, MA, and works across a roughly 30 mile radius of the Boston metro. Mon-Sat by appointment - call to schedule.

Call (781) 475-6392 for a free on-site estimate in Arlington.

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