House Painting and Remodeling in Everett, MA
Most Everett homes sit on the hills north of Route 16, and 63% were built before 1940. We work right next door, out of Malden.
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Hills for houses, rivers for industry.
Everett covers about 3.5 square miles between the Mystic and Malden rivers. The city's 2021 draft hazard plan puts most homes in the upland hills north of Route 16. The low ground by the water holds rail yards, tank farms and produce warehouses.
A lot of that low ground is fill. The Island End River was filled in the early 1900s for industry and later culverted, and the plan links many of today's flood problems to it. The New England Produce Center area gets the worst coastal flooding.
Inland, the problem is pavement and old pipes. The plan names the Second Street corridor, Air Force Road, the Commercial Triangle and the blocks around Glendale Park as places where rain backs up.
Everett permits and ordinances that touch a home project.
Taken from the Everett code and city department pages. We confirm the current version before each job.
Permits for street space and dumpsters
Using part of a public way while repairing a building takes a permit from Everett's city services commission and a bond. The space has to be barricaded and lit at night, with a safe path kept for walkers. Dumpster and POD permits are filed in person at the Engineering Department in City Hall and signed off by the fire and police chiefs. [1][2]
50 dBA night limit, 6 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Everett's disturbing-the-peace ordinance treats noise above 50 dBA, measured at the lot line, as unreasonable between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. [1]
No paint or solvent in the storm drains
Everett's stormwater ordinance bars any pollutant from the municipal storm drain system, or from pavement connected to it. The ordinance's definition of pollutant names paints, varnishes and solvents. [1][2]
Demolition review at 80 years
Since 2025, a permit to raze 50% or more of a building that is 80 or more years old by assessor records, or on the State or National Register, goes to the Everett Historical Commission. The Commission holds a hearing within 35 days, and a building it votes to preserve faces a six-month moratorium. [1]
Conservation Commission near the rivers
Everett's Conservation Commission reviews work in the buffer zones of the Mystic, Malden and Island End rivers under the state Wetlands Protection Act. Filing materials are due to the Conservation Agent two weeks before the monthly meeting. [1]
One statewide building code. Massachusetts uses a single building code for every town: 780 CMR, now in its tenth edition. Your local building department enforces it and issues the permits. source
Dig Safe before digging. State law requires notice to Dig Safe at least 72 hours before digging, not counting weekends and legal holidays. That includes holes for deck footings. Call 811. source
Services for Everett homes.
Painting, kitchens and baths, carpentry, basements and decks, all from one crew that cleans up every day.
Parts of Everett we pay attention to.
North of Route 16
The upland hills where most Everett homes are. Dense streets, older houses, lots of two-to-four-unit buildings.
Glendale Park area
Called out in the city's hazard plan for urban flooding. We check basements here closely.
Commercial Triangle
Between Route 16 and the commuter rail tracks. Another spot the plan flags for flooding in heavy rain.
Second Street corridor
The plan says it lacks stormwater infrastructure, so water has fewer places to go.
Island End River flats
Low, filled land near the Chelsea line with the city's worst coastal flooding.
Recent work from our crew.
Photos from DT jobs around Boston and the North Shore. We don't label them by town.
Our work around Boston and the North Shore.
Everett homeowner questions.
Online, through the city's permitting portal run by Inspectional Services. You register once, then you can attach plans, track status and see inspection results. ISD is at City Hall, 484 Broadway, if you'd rather go in person.
Very likely, if it was built 80 or more years ago. That review only kicks in when half or more of a building is razed, though. Painting, kitchens, baths and most carpentry never reach it.
Yes. From 6 p.m. to 7 a.m., noise above 50 dBA at the lot line counts as unreasonable under the city's disturbing-the-peace ordinance.
Other cities close to Everett.
Area not listed? Call 781-866-6546. We travel for the right job.
Where this information comes from.
Local rules change. We link the official pages so you can check the current version, and we confirm what your job needs when we come look.
- 1.Inspectional Services Department, City of Everett
- 2.Online Permitting, City of Everett
- 3.Everett Code Ch. 4, Div. 4, Demolition of Historical Structures (Ord. C0055-25)
- 4.Everett Code Ch. 17, Art. III, Use of Public Ways during Construction
- 5.How do I get a dumpster or POD permit? Everett 311 (Official 311 answer, but last updated 2016; confirm with Engineering.)
- 6.Everett Code Ch. 15A, Art. II, Discharges to the MS4
- 7.Everett Code Ch. 15A, Art. I, Stormwater definitions
- 8.Everett Code Ch. 13, Sec. 13-7, Disturbing the Peace
- 9.Conservation Commission, City of Everett
- 10.Everett Hazard Mitigation Plan 2021 Update (draft) (July 2021 draft posted on the city site; housing figures are 2019 ACS estimates.)
- MATenth edition of the MA State Building Code (780 CMR), Mass.gov
- MAM.G.L. c. 82, § 40A (excavation notice)
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