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Home Remodeling in Cambridge, MA. Keep the Character, Fix What Is Behind It.

Kitchens, bathrooms, and Victorian updates with licensed electrical built in, so your Cambridge remodel never stalls waiting on a subcontractor. Free on-site estimates.

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  • Licensed & Insured
  • MA HIC #217519 / CSL #122193
  • In-house electrical

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Remodeling Cambridge Homes Without Losing What Makes Them Cambridge

Cambridge is one of the oldest housing markets in the country, and it shows on every block. From North Cambridge and Cambridgeport to East Cambridge, most homes are Victorians, triple-deckers, and 19th-century row houses with high ceilings, original trim, and layouts drawn for a very different way of living. Remodeling here is a balancing act: modernize the kitchen, the bath, and the systems without stripping out the character that makes the home worth the Cambridge price tag.

That is the work we do most in this city. Reworking a boxed-in Cambridgeport kitchen so it actually functions, restoring a tired bath in a North Cambridge Victorian, opening sight lines where the framing allows while keeping the moldings and the built-ins. We walk your home first and separate what should be preserved from what is quietly failing, then build a plan around both.

Behind the plaster, the surprises are consistent: knob-and-tube wiring, a 60 or 100 amp panel that cannot carry a modern kitchen, and plumbing patched over decades. Because our own licensed electrical crew is on the same team, the rewire and panel upgrade happen inside the remodel. We pull permits through the Cambridge Inspectional Services Department, plan around tight parking and historic review, and keep one accountable crew on the job.

What We Remodel in Cambridge

One licensed team for the whole project, from demolition to final walkthrough.

The Cambridge difference

The Remodel and the Wiring, One Crew

In a pre-1978 Cambridge home, the electrical is almost always what turns a clean remodel into a stalled one. You open a Cambridgeport kitchen, find knob-and-tube and a panel that cannot carry new appliances, and the job waits on an outside electrician while the Cambridge inspection date drifts.

We keep remodeling and licensed electrical under one roof. The same team that reworks your North Cambridge kitchen or rebuilds your East Cambridge bath upgrades the service to 200 amps and replaces the old wiring, then stands behind the inspection. Fewer handoffs, fewer delays, one number to call.

  • Kitchens, baths, and Victorian updates from one Cambridge crew
  • Licensed electrical, panel upgrades, and knob-and-tube rewires inside the remodel
  • Permits and inspections coordinated through the Cambridge ISD
  • Licensed and insured in Massachusetts (HIC #217519 / CSL #122193)

Cambridge Home Remodeling FAQs

Straight answers before you hire, specific to remodeling in Cambridge.

Yes. Much of Cambridge, from North Cambridge and Cambridgeport to East Cambridge, is Victorians, triple-deckers, and 19th-century row houses. We remodel to keep what makes those homes worth owning, the trim, the tall windows, the built-ins, while quietly fixing what is failing behind the plaster. That balance, modernizing the systems and layout without stripping the character, is most of the remodeling work we do in this city.
Yes. Cambridge is dense, parking is scarce, and some blocks fall under historic review, especially near Harvard and in older Cambridgeport streets. We plan material deliveries and dumpster placement around narrow driveways and street rules, and we scope exterior changes with historic requirements in mind before the work starts, so a remodel does not get held up by a surprise from the city.
Because most Cambridge homes predate 1978, a remodel almost always uncovers knob-and-tube wiring, an undersized 60 or 100 amp panel, plaster over lath, and old plumbing. On a kitchen or bath project that means the electrical has to come up to code before the new work goes in. With our licensed electrical crew on the same team, we handle the rewire and panel upgrade as part of the remodel instead of pausing to wait on an outside electrician.
Yes. We pull building and electrical permits through the Cambridge Inspectional Services Department and schedule the rough and final inspections as part of the job. Because one crew handles both the construction and the wiring, the inspections stay in step instead of stalling between trades.
Yes. We are a licensed and insured contractor holding MA HIC #217519 and CSL #122193. We are happy to share our license and insurance details before your Cambridge remodel starts.

Serving Cambridge and Greater Boston

Mass Services & Home Improvement LLC is based in Somerville, MA, and works across a roughly 30 mile radius of the Boston metro, including all of Cambridge. Mon-Sat by appointment - call to schedule.

Call (781) 475-6392 for a free on-site remodeling estimate in Cambridge.

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