S + H Construction Rehabs an Old House North of Boston after a Devastating Fire

The young couple found a home to make their own in a community they both loved. The 1925 colonial, in a neighborhood marked by picturesque homes and rolling land that reflects its early farming days, was an old beauty that required only minor updating. Six months later, the renovation was in progress when the family experienced a devastating blow: A fire had started in the basement and quickly spread, turning the house and its contents—even the building permit— to ashes. “It was very traumatic and surreal, to have nothing but the clothes on your back,” the homeowner says. But that was several years ago. In the meantime, he and

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S + H Construction Rehabs an Old House North of Boston after a Devastating Fire

After a blazer ripped through it, an old Colonial was recapped Peter Sachs Architects and S + H Construction resurrect an old Colonial.

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