TheLarchmontSnohomish County.
(206) 735-1286Get a quote
TheLarchmontSnohomish County.
(206) 735-1286Get a quote
Damp air off the lake grows moss on any fence within reach, and from Frontier Village out to Machias that covers most of them. An old resort cottage near Lundeen Park and a new build up on Soper Hill wear out in completely different ways, and we quote them like it. The written quote is free either way: call (206) 735-1286 and whoever picks up has set posts around this lake.
Three ways, mostly. Damp air, resort-era bones, and rocks where the post holes go. This is what we keep finding on jobs from Frontier Village out to Machias, and how we build around it.
The biggest, deepest lake in the county sits in the middle of town, and all that water keeps the shoreline air damp long after a rain quits. Roofs and decks facing away from the sun hold that damp, which is why the lake side of a house goes green while the driveway side stays clean. We wash the moss off without wrecking shingles, then flash and slope things so water leaves instead of soaking in.
This lake started as a resort, and a lot of waterfront houses began as 1920s summer cottages that got added onto every decade since. Behind the original cedar there's often framing that has been wet longer than anyone has owned the place. Over on Soper Hill and Cavelero, the newer builds come with builder-grade decks and fences that were priced to sell the house, and they usually need redoing well before the house feels old.
The rock in the ground here is genuinely famous. The Lake Stevens Monster, the biggest boulder the ice sheet left anywhere in Washington, sits right in town, and its smaller relatives are buried all over the place. When a fence line or a footing finds one, we dig to full depth anyway, shift the post or break out the rock, and set it in concrete rather than cheating the hole shallow.
Same crew for all of it, whether that's a cedar fence out in Lochsloy or a full kitchen two blocks off Highway 9. Open a card to see how each job runs.
Frontier Village and downtown by North Cove Park, Glenwood behind the elementary school, Soper Hill and Cavelero on the newer side, then out to Machias and Lochsloy where the lots stretch out. If the new roundabouts at 9 and 204 are part of your morning, we cover your street.
Lake Stevens issues its own permits through City Planning and Community Development. When a fence, deck, or remodel needs one, we file it, track it, and meet the inspector on site. You keep your morning.
The testimonial shelf is bare for a plain reason: we opened in 2024. Reviews from around the lake will come, and until they do, our promises sit where they're enforceable, in the contract.
The person who walks your yard is on the crew that shows up to build. There is no second team to get introduced to.
They sit in the contract in plain print, and you read them before any work is scheduled.
The written quote is the price of the job. If the scope changes, the new price goes on paper and gets your signature first.
Contractor #LARCHBL744BK, bonded and insured. The state L&I lookup will confirm it whenever you care to check.
We cross the trestle for Everett jobs and run Highway 9 for Snohomish and Marysville, same crew and the same paperwork in every direction.
Tell us what the Lake Stevens house needs and where it sits, on the water, in Glenwood, or out past Machias. A photo of the fence line, the deck, or the mossy corner of the roof answers half our questions before we even call you back.
The call comes from (206) 735-1286, usually inside a business day, from someone who can price wet-ground prep from memory.
