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Roofing Contractor in Newton, MA

Newton is a city of thirteen villages, and four of them — Auburndale, Chestnut Hill, Newtonville and Newton Upper Falls — are local historic districts where changing your roofing material triggers a commission review. Worth knowing before you choose shingles.

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Based on Turnpike St, South Easton
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13Newton villages

Roofs in Newton

Thirteen villages, not one city

Newton is famously a patchwork of thirteen villages — Auburndale, Chestnut Hill, Newton Centre, Newton Corner, Newton Highlands, Newton Lower Falls, Newton Upper Falls, Newtonville, Nonantum, Oak Hill, Thompsonville, Waban and West Newton. The housing in each is genuinely different, and so is the roof.

  • ✓ Substantial older homes with complex rooflines, dormers and turrets
  • ✓ Slate and tile roofs alongside asphalt, needing different expertise
  • ✓ Four local historic districts with material-change review
  • ✓ Steep pitches and multiple valleys that take longer than a suburban gable
  • ✓ Decking and flashing details that vary house by house rather than street by street

What we see on Newton roofs

Where changing your roof material
needs a commission sign-off

This is the single most useful thing to know about roofing in Newton. In Auburndale, Chestnut Hill, Newtonville and Newton Upper Falls, exterior work is subject to historic district commission review if the proposed materials change. Straight maintenance in the same material is exempt.

  • ✓ Like-for-like replacement generally avoids the review entirely
  • ✓ Switching material — asphalt for slate, say — needs a Certificate of Appropriateness
  • ✓ Certificates of Hardship and Non-Applicability also exist depending on the case
  • ✓ Complex Victorian and Colonial Revival rooflines across the older villages
  • ✓ Permits filed through the City of Newton Inspectional Services Department
  • ✓ Worth settling the material question before anyone writes you a price

Permits in Newton

Inspectional Services,
and possibly a commission too

Newton permits run through the City of Newton Inspectional Services Department, filed via its online portal. In the four local historic districts there may be a second step — a historic district commission review — if you are changing materials. We work out which applies before quoting, rather than discovering it halfway through. We hold Construction Supervisor License CS-118483 and HIC registration #204689.

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Sunset Home Improvement Inc. is a South Easton company working up into Newton. The owner has more than 20 years of hands-on roofing experience, and the person who quotes your roof is on your roof. Here is what you can verify before you call:

  • ✓ Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration #204689
  • ✓ Massachusetts Construction Supervisor License CS-118483
  • ✓ BBB Accredited Business with an A+ rating
  • ✓ 5.0 stars across 49 Google reviews
  • ✓ A written, itemized estimate before any work starts
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What your neighbors say

Forty-nine reviews. Not one below five stars.

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“Chris and his team were fantastic to work with. Fast, efficient work and a great price too. Definitely refer my friends and family in the future for any home improvement needs.”

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Michael LuuGoogle review
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“I have a two-story cape with a large garage. The crew showed up at 7:30 AM… completely stripped my roof, put down barrier and shingles. Completely done in 12 hours.”

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Joel HovanesianGoogle review
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“Super up front about pricing! Handled everything amazingly and was very easy to work with.”

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Newton roofing questions

What Newton homeowners ask us

Do I need historic commission approval to re-roof in Newton?
Only in the four local historic districts — Auburndale, Chestnut Hill, Newtonville and Newton Upper Falls — and only if the materials change. Replacing like with like is generally treated as maintenance and exempt.
What is a Certificate of Appropriateness?
It is the approval a historic district commission issues for exterior work that changes the look of a building. There are also Certificates of Hardship and Non-Applicability depending on the circumstances.
How far is Newton from your shop?
It is our longest regular run in Massachusetts — roughly twenty-eight miles north-northwest, and the drive is traffic-dependent. We are straight with people about that rather than pretending we are around the corner.
Can you work on slate?
Tell us what you have and we will tell you honestly whether it is a job for us. Slate and tile are specialist work and we would rather say so than learn on your roof.
Which village are you asking about?
It genuinely matters in Newton — the housing in Waban, Nonantum and Chestnut Hill is not the same housing. Mention the village when you call and we will know roughly what we are coming to look at.
Who issues the building permit?
The City of Newton Inspectional Services Department, filed through its online portal. We handle it.

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Roofing in Newton and the towns around it

North Easton, South Easton, Eastondale and Furnace Village — and the neighboring towns every week.

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