The Boston Garage Builders serves Somerville, MA for detached and attached garages, garage additions, garage apartments, carports and conversions, with free estimates and written quotes. Call (617) 326-7524 or text a photo of the job.
Garage Building services in Somerville
Few cities in New England are packed as tightly as Somerville, and that density shapes every garage plan here. Behind the two-families and triple-deckers on Winter Hill, Spring Hill and around Union Square, back yards are small, often sloped, and reached by a driveway barely one car wide. The garages that do exist are mostly single bays of block or wood, many with flat or low-pitched roofs that hold snow and leak at the edges. Before anything is drawn, we measure the distance to each property line, because a couple of feet can decide whether two cars fit or one is the limit. Old slabs here have often heaved from frost or sunk where fill was poor. Most Somerville jobs are tear-downs of failing one-car garages, rebuilds with a new frost-depth footing, small carports, and garages reworked into studios or storage.
Neighborhoods we cover in Somerville
- Davis Square
- Union Square
- Spring Hill
- Winter Hill
- Ten Hills
- East Somerville
Permits and local rules
Garages need a building permit, and Somerville's zoning ordinance controls placement and size on each lot. Older structures can face historic preservation review before demolition. We look up the rules for your lot before quoting a layout.