Charlton is a big town with a lot of open land. Route 20 and the Mass Pike both run through it, but step off those and you're on country roads with long driveways, stone walls and houses set back in the trees. Plenty of properties have a detached garage, a barn or a shed that's been ignored while the house got the attention. You don't have to keep living with that mismatch.
Trees mean shade, and shade means slow-drying roofs, moss and gutters stuffed with leaves. Open fields mean the opposite: full sun that fades siding and wind that hits from every side. Most Charlton homes are capes, colonials, ranches and farmhouses, with newer builds in the subdivisions. Older ones often have wood clapboard under paint or vinyl from the eighties that's brittle and chalky by now.
We're out Route 20 from our Auburn office. Your free estimate covers the whole property, not just the house, so we can side or roof outbuildings in the same job. We did exactly that in Southbridge, shed included. Siding goes on over taped Tyvek with every opening flashed. Our crew clears and magnet sweeps the site daily, which matters with kids, pets or livestock around.
What we see on Charlton houses
- Barns, sheds and detached garages that need to match the house
- Shaded wooded lots with moss and clogged gutters
- Open-field homes facing full sun and wind
- Brittle 1980s vinyl and old painted clapboard
