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General Contractor in Watertown, MA. One Team for the Build and the Wiring.

Remodels, additions, and licensed electrical from a single crew, so your Watertown project never stalls waiting on a subcontractor. Free on-site estimates.

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

Watertown, Massachusetts

A Contractor Who Knows How Watertown Homes Are Built

The Charles River defines Watertown, and it shows up in the housing. Walk Mount Auburn Street through Coolidge Square, past the Armenian bakeries the neighborhood is known for, and you are surrounded by dense two-families. Follow the river southwest into Bemis and the homes sit right up against the water. Meanwhile the Arsenal Street corridor and Arsenal Yards have dropped brand-new construction into the middle of it all. Century-old houses and this-year finishes, often on the same block.

Working here means reading the street you are actually on. A Coolidge Square two-family hands you the old-house checklist: a 60 or 100 amp panel that cannot carry a modern kitchen, cloth wiring behind the plaster, a layout drawn for another era. A home in Bemis or near the river adds the water table to that list, so a basement or ground-floor build needs real drainage and moisture control. We sort out which of those apply to your house during the estimate, before anything is opened up.

Watertown routes its permits through Inspectional Services, and we file the building and electrical permits and manage the inspection dates for you. Since the wiring is done by our own crew, its inspection is coordinated with the build rather than waiting on an outside electrician. With new development nearby raising expectations, one company answering for the structure, the wiring, and the finish is what lets an older Watertown home meet that bar.

The Watertown difference

Construction and Licensed Electrical, One Crew

Near the Charles, wiring and moisture are not separate problems, they are the same one. A lower level in Bemis or a ground floor near the river needs its circuits, outlets, and grounding done right for a damp environment. When a general contractor hands that off to an outside electrician, the two never quite share the full moisture picture, and that seam is where callbacks come from.

We keep the framing and the licensed electrical in one crew, which matters most exactly where water is in play. A Coolidge Square kitchen that needs a 200 amp service or a riverside lower level that needs sealed, code-correct wiring is handled by one team that sees the whole condition, stands behind the inspection, and answers to one number. Fewer handoffs, and nothing lost in the gap between trades.

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

Watertown General Contractor FAQs

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

It does, and it is worth planning for. Homes in Bemis and the streets nearest the Charles River sit closer to the water table, so a finished basement or a ground-floor build needs proper drainage, vapor control, and sealed, code-correct wiring below grade. We check the moisture picture before framing anything low in the house so the finish does not fail a season or two later.
Yes. The area around Coolidge Square is dense with two-families, and remodeling a single unit while the other stays occupied is routine for us. We sequence the work to keep shared water, heat, and power live for the occupied side, keep the entry and stairs usable, and get the unit being redone finished on a tight schedule.
Building and electrical permits both go through Watertown Inspectional Services, and we file them and schedule the inspections for you. Because our own crew does the wiring, the electrical inspection is coordinated with the rest of the build instead of hanging on an outside electrician to show up.
We can. The Arsenal Street corridor and Arsenal Yards have raised the bar on what finish looks like in Watertown, and owners of the older colonials and two-families nearby often want to meet it. We bring current kitchens, baths, and open layouts into a century-old house while getting the wiring and structure underneath up to the same standard.
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 Watertown project starts.

Serving Watertown 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 Watertown.

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