Careful work on Cloverdale and Garden District homes, practical updates across East Montgomery, and fast make-ready for military moves and rentals. Based in Birmingham, about an hour and a half up I-65.
Old Cloverdale, the Garden District, Capitol Heights, Dalraida, East Montgomery off Vaughn Road and Taylor Road, and the Pike Road area
Early-1900s homes in the historic districts, postwar ranches through the middle of the city, and 1990s and newer subdivisions on the east side
About 90 miles south via I-65, usually an hour and a half to an hour and three quarters. We have no Montgomery office, so Montgomery work is planned in multi-day blocks.
Repair-first work on Cloverdale, Garden District, and Capitol Heights homes: plaster, wood windows, porches, trim, and careful kitchen and bath updates.
Inspection repairs and pre-listing fixes on military timelines, with remote approval for owners who have already moved.
Rotten porch decking, column bases, trim, and siding, plus moisture and crawlspace issues from Montgomery’s long wet seasons.
Montgomery’s older neighborhoods are some of the most intact in Alabama. Cloverdale, the Garden District, and Capitol Heights are full of early twentieth century bungalows, Tudors, and four-squares with heart-pine floors, plaster walls, tall wood windows, and deep porches. Work on these houses goes slower and costs more than work on newer homes, because the right answer is often to repair the original material instead of replacing it. Parts of these areas are locally designated historic districts, and exterior changes there can require review by the city’s historic preservation staff before work starts. Tell us your address and we will check before we quote exterior work.
Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex bring a steady flow of permanent change of station moves. That means homes getting listed on short notice, inspection repairs with a firm closing date, and rentals that need to turn between military families. We handle those jobs with written itemized scopes and photo documentation, so an owner who has already moved can approve work from wherever the Air Force sent them.
Montgomery is hotter and more humid than Birmingham, and Gulf moisture reaches it more often. Heavy rain, severe thunderstorms, tornado warnings, and the remnants of tropical systems all show up. Long wet seasons are hard on porch floors, column bases, exterior trim, and crawlspaces, and termite damage is common enough that we look for it on every older house. Permits go through the City of Montgomery, Pike Road, or Montgomery County, depending on the address.
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Yes, but we are upfront about how. Montgomery is about an hour and a half down I-65, and we have no office there, so we plan Montgomery jobs as multi-day blocks rather than drop-in visits. That suits larger scopes such as renovations, porch rebuilds, make-readies, and inspection-repair lists. For a small single repair, we will tell you honestly if a local tradesperson is the better call.
Possibly. Parts of Montgomery’s older neighborhoods are locally designated historic districts, and exterior changes there, especially windows, doors, porches, siding, and roofing materials, can need review before work starts. Rules and boundaries are set by the city, so we check your specific address. If review is required, we will give you a written scope with materials and drawings to submit, and we will not start that work until it is approved.
We repair them when repair is the sound choice, and in many early-1900s Montgomery homes it is. Old-growth wood windows can often be reglazed, re-roped, and weatherstripped. Cracked plaster can often be reattached and patched instead of torn out. When something truly is beyond repair, we will show you why and give you replacement options. Homes built before 1978 may contain lead-based paint, and federal EPA RRP rules apply when it is disturbed, so ask us how we will handle that before work begins.
Yes. Send us the inspection report or your list, and we will send back a written, itemized quote. We can coordinate access with your agent or property manager, send photo updates as work progresses, and write up any scope change for your approval before we do it. If your closing date is not workable with our calendar, we will say so on day one.
Usually, yes. Porch decking, column bases, and the trim around them take the most water in Montgomery’s climate. We replace rotten boards and bases, fix the flashing or drainage that caused the rot, and paint or seal the new material. If we find termite activity, it needs to be treated by a licensed pest control company first, and then we repair the damage. If the framing underneath has failed, we will tell you before quoting cosmetic work on top of it.
Ask us for our current license numbers and you can check them yourself on the State of Alabama’s licensing portals (Home Builders Licensure Board and General Contractors Board). Ask for a current certificate of insurance at any point during the estimate process.
Free estimate, written itemized scope, and a straight answer on scheduling.