PHOENIX CONSTRUCTION

Phoenix Construction Group works the older housing stock west of Boston: the company describes itself as a design-build remodeling and historical restoration contractor, run out of Watertown and Lexington, and names Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Watertown, Belmont, Arlington, Newton and Lexington as its service area. It was incorporated in 2003 — 23 years by the company's own count — by a group of building professionals whose experience it traces back to 1993. Dani Chedid, described as a third-generation building professional, is the managing partner and principal. The company also lists memberships in the National Association of the Remodeling Industry, the National Association of Home Builders, the Builders Association of Greater Boston, the Boston Society of Architects/AIA, and the Better Business Bureau. For a period house where the original details need to survive the work, that stated focus is the reason to start here. Ask to walk a recent restoration, get the scope and allowances in writing, and confirm the licence and insurance before anything begins.