I’ve been working with most of the subcontractors who help me out on jobs I cannot do myself. I have worked with them for at least ten years or more.

My electrician, Robert Fairchild, from Fairchild and Sanchez in Cambridge, is a history major who took up the electrical trade over twenty years ago. We’ve done lots of projects together, and we’re good friends.

My mason, Jack Aniceto, has established a substantial reputation for himself over the years restoring the beautiful facades of many buildings in the historic area of Boston’s Back Bay. Visit Commonwealth Avenue any day and you are likely to find one of his trucks working somewhere nearby. He just built a beautiful fieldstone fireplace for a client on Beacon Hill.

My plasterer, Jim Fay, is famous in the South End of Boston for being able to make casts of Victorian details and reproduce them from scratch. His workmanship is always impeccable.

When I find someone I like to work with, I stay with them, because I know they will do a great job for my clients.

Sometimes a client needs replacement windows particularly suited to the requirements of the historical commission in their neighborhood. In many townhouses in the South End of Boston, for example, the front
windows are bowed, and require curved glass, sash and trim.

When we need windows like these, and other, more conventional styles, we call JB Sash and
Door Company, in Chelsea, MA at 617 884 8940. They can manufacture windows
in any style, with any type of glass, and they deliver an excellent product
and a very reasonable price. They have a great showroom, and a competent
sales team which really goes the extra mile in making sure my clients get
exactly what they need.

"Sometimes we need some custom stained or etched glass for our entry doors. Joe Pompei is great at this, and we've done some nice projects with his company. "