The District
Home repair in Anacostia, DC
Historic Anacostia is frame and brick houses from the 1870s to the 1920s around Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Good Hope Road, one of the few DC neighborhoods with wood frame rowhouses, plus brick rows and 1940s garden apartments in Fairlawn. A lot of the houses are rentals, and a lot of the owners are fixing them up one job at a time.
Or call or text (240) 858-0149. Hours 8 to 6, Monday through Saturday.
Frame rowhouses and tenant turnovers
The Anacostia list is wood and rental work. A frame rowhouse with siding and a porch that need boards, a window that needs a sill, a tenant turnover with a door and a vanity, a plaster patch, a back fence. We do the list in one visit, send the photo note, and the owner sees the work the same day.
The frame rowhouses in historic Anacostia have a shared wood cornice at the roof line, and the paint fails there first because nobody can reach it. We bring the ladder and the scaffold, scrape, prime with oil and paint the cornice, which is a handyman job on a wood house.
Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Good Hope Road, Cedar Hill and Fairlawn
- Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue
- Good Hope Road
- the Anacostia Metro
- Cedar Hill
- the 11th Street Bridge
- Fairlawn
ZIP codes 20020. Part of our Washington, DC service area.
What we fix in Anacostia
Drywall and plaster repair
Holes, cracks, water stains and nail pops. Patched, taped, floated and painted to match.
Interior door repair and install
Doors that stick, drag or will not latch. New prehung and slab doors hung square.
Interior painting and touch up
Rooms, ceilings and trim, and the touch up after a repair so the patch disappears.
Trim and wood rot repair
Rotted casing, sills and deck boards replaced. Baseboard and crown repaired or matched.
Fixture and appliance installs
Dishwashers, disposals, ceiling fans, faucets, towel bars and shelving.
Caulk and grout
Tubs, showers, backsplashes and exterior joints cut out and redone.
Exterior repairs
Siding patches, gutter repairs, fence boards and storm doors.
Punch lists and inspection items
Home inspection reports, rental inspection lists, move in and move out work.
Work in DC and Virginia goes to a contractor licensed in that jurisdiction. The license number is on your estimate.
The specialist crews in DC
Anacostia owners ask
- Can you paint the cornice on a frame rowhouse?
- Yes. Scaffold or ladder, scrape, oil prime and paint. It is a handyman job on a wood house.
- Do you do rental turnovers in Anacostia?
- Yes. Send the list and the key arrangement. The photo note comes the same day.
- Does the Anacostia historic district review a repair?
- Like for like repair, no. A visible exterior change, yes. We tell you which before pricing it.
An Anacostia estimate, priced as one visit
Send the address and a photo. The price comes back in writing before anyone drives to Anacostia.