Our crews have worked on the frame cottages and brick two-flats of West Town, from Wicker Park to Ukrainian Village.
West Town brings together workers’ cottages, brick two-flats and greystones, with newer residential buildings between them. A ceiling stain in a cottage and water entering above a top-floor apartment can require very different repairs. The roof shape and the connection to neighboring walls matter more than the neighborhood label.
Wicker Park and Ukrainian Village include older masonry and frame homes; River West also has larger residential buildings. On a masonry two-flat, a parapet can conceal a low-slope roof from the sidewalk. On a frame cottage, pitched roof edges, dormers and rear additions deserve separate attention. An inspection follows those transitions rather than treating the whole building as one surface.
Roof repair addresses leaking transitions; gutter work helps direct runoff through narrow side yards; siding and soffit repairs address damaged exterior trim on frame cottages.
A front parapet may rise above the roof surface. The inspection needs to examine the roof behind it, including flashing and drainage, rather than judging its condition from the façade.
Yes. Its slope, existing material and junction with the main house determine whether a targeted repair or a different scope is appropriate.
