Completed projects in Andover: real photos, real prices, one local crew.
Andover and North Andover sit side by side in the Merrimack Valley, and their houses go through the same long snowy winters, nor'easters and freeze-thaw cycles. We work in both towns with the same crews and the same process. Below is how we plan and run an exterior remodel here, from the first measurement to the final walk-through.
$48,500
median written estimate, 2022–2026
$36,500middle half of jobs$58,000
Typical measured house: 29 squares of wall
$17,000
median written estimate, 2025–2026
$13,500middle half of jobs$22,000
Typical measured roof: 21 squares
$20,000
median written estimate, 2024–2026
$6,000middle half of jobs$35,500
Typical job: 8 windows
$5,000
median written estimate, 2024–2026
$4,000middle half of jobs$9,000
Medians of the written estimates we prepared for measured Massachusetts homes, signed and unsigned, rounded to $500. For today's price on a specific product, use the cost calculators.
Most of the houses we see in both towns are wood-framed colonials, capes, ranches and split-levels, from older homes near the town centers to houses built between the 1960s and the 1990s. Snow, ice dams and freeze-thaw cycles stress siding, roofing and exterior trim. Wind-driven rain gets behind failing flashing, worn caulk and cracked clapboards, and the damage often stays hidden until we open up a wall or peel back a roof edge.
West-facing and north-facing walls take the worst of the weather, so peeling paint and wood rot usually start there long before the sheltered sides show any trouble. Roofs wear differently. Ice dams form along the eaves when heat escapes from the attic, and the repeated thawing and refreezing lifts shingle tabs and loosens the seal strips. Older windows tend to fail at the glazing putty and the bottom sash corners, where condensation sits and softens the wood.
On the first visit we walk the house with you and check for cupped or missing siding, soft spots at window corners, roof granule loss and daylight showing through the attic sheathing. We also look at how water drains off the roof and away from the foundation, because poor drainage shortens the life of any exterior material. The proposal we send afterward lists only the work your house actually needs.
Every job in both towns follows the same sequence, and you know each step before we start.
Exterior products here have to take moisture and temperature swings without warping or leaking. We install James Hardie fiber cement siding, which resists rot, wind-driven rain and freeze-thaw damage better than wood clapboard or vinyl. For trim we use AZEK PVC boards. They hold paint well and do not swell or split the way pine trim does near snow and ice.
Our windows are Harvey double-hung and casement units with low-E glass and warm-edge spacers, which keep the inner glass warmer and cut condensation on cold mornings, and Marvin Essential fiberglass windows, which suit the colonials and capes in both towns. Entry doors take the full force of wind-driven rain, so we hang Therma-Tru fiberglass doors with adjustable sills and compression weatherstripping over a continuous sill pan that sends stray water back outside instead of into the subfloor. When a project calls for them, we also install CertainTeed vinyl and polymer shakes, GAF and CertainTeed asphalt shingle systems, and Andersen and Pella windows.
In Andover we did a whole-house James Hardie job: Cedar Mill clapboard in Light Mist with PVC trim, new gutters and Harvey Classic windows. On another Andover house we replaced a window full-frame with a white Harvey Classic double-hung with Low-E glass and new PVC trim, the method we use when the old frame has rot.
In North Andover we sided a new house with James Hardie lap siding in Country Lane Red and AZEK trim, wrapping the sheathing and flashing every window sill before the first board went up. On another North Andover house we replaced six windows with white Marvin Essential double-hungs with 6-over-6 grids, sealed them with spray foam and followed lead-safe practices throughout the job.
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Yes. Both towns require a building permit for roofing, siding, window and door replacements and decks. We file the permit with the town, schedule the inspections and make sure the work meets the Massachusetts building code before the final sign-off. On a siding job the inspector checks the weather barrier, the fastening and the flashing details before the walls are closed up.
James Hardie fiber cement siding handles freeze-thaw cycles and wind-driven rain without warping, swelling or rotting, and the factory finish carries a warranty against peeling and fading. Here we have installed Hardie Cedar Mill clapboard in Light Mist and Hardie lap siding in Country Lane Red.
Ice dams form when heat escapes from the house and melts snow on the upper roof, and the water refreezes at the cold eaves. On every roofing project we install an ice and water barrier along the eaves and in the valleys, plus a synthetic underlayment over the rest of the deck. We also check that the attic ventilation is balanced with ridge and soffit vents so the roof deck stays cold.
Yes, we can. AZEK PVC trim boards come in standard dimensions and profiles that match the look of traditional wood trim, and we rip and assemble them on site to the exact sizes your house needs. The material will not rot or split, and it takes paint just like wood.
No. Our installation crews are UBrothers employees. The crew that starts the siding or roofing on your house is the one that finishes it, and the project manager who measured the job walks it with you at the end.
It depends on the scope, the season and the town inspection schedule. A siding or window replacement on an average house in Andover or North Andover runs from a few days to a couple of weeks once the materials are on site. The proposal gives you a clear schedule, and we keep you updated as the work progresses.
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