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Home services / Snohomish, WA

Snohomish, old
homes, high water.

Everybody in Snohomish knows the winter drill: the river comes up, Airport Way closes, and some years even the Avenue D bridge shuts before the water crests. The old houses off First Street have stood through a hundred of those winters, and their sills and siding show it. We build for the high water and repair what it's already done, Historic District paperwork included; the quote's free, and a person picks up at (206) 735-1286 at any hour.

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Three things come up on nearly every quote we write in this town, and none of them surprise anyone who's spent a February here.

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When the valley floods

The river doesn't have to reach your yard to cause trouble. Ground on the low side of town holds water from the first fall storms into April, and a fence post or deck footing set for dry dirt will lean, sink, or rot in it. So we dig deeper, set concrete, and keep untreated wood up out of the soak.

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Century-old homes downtown

The blocks between First Street and Fifth carry homes built before 1930, cedar siding and trim profiles nobody stocks anymore. Rot likes to hide behind that old trim, and any fix has to match the original look or the whole street can tell. We source or mill the matching profile and repair the cause, not just the board.

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Snohomish address, county permit

Clearview, Machias, Three Lakes, and most of Dutch Hill all say Snohomish on the mail but sit in unincorporated county, and that decides which office issues your permit. Inside the city, Historic District design review can apply on top. We confirm the parcel before anything gets filed, so the job starts at the right desk.

One crew covers the whole list, from a fence line on Fobes Hill to a kitchen behind a Historic District facade. Pick the project and open it; the scope and the warranty are both spelled out.

From the Historic District out to Blackmans Lake, up Fobes Hill and Dutch Hill, and out to Clearview and Three Lakes on the county side, it's the same crew and the same warranty. The goat maintains Dutch Hill has the best view in the county; we stay out of it.

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The City of Snohomish issues its own permits, and exterior work in the Historic District goes through design review on top of the permit. Plenty of Snohomish addresses actually sit out in the county, and those file with Snohomish County instead. We confirm which desk owns your parcel, handle the filing, and meet the inspector, so you don't spend a morning at a counter.

The review section is empty because we opened in 2024, and it stays empty until real customers fill it. In the meantime the promises are signed: quote, warranty, and schedule, in ink before any digging starts.

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The whole job, one call

The people who walk your quote are the people who swing the hammers. Nothing gets handed off to a sub you've never met.

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The warranty lives in the contract

It's printed in the pages you sign, not implied on a website. Read it before you commit to anything.

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The number doesn't move

Your written quote is your invoice. If something has to change mid-job, it gets priced on paper first and you approve it.

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Registered, bonded, insured

WA contractor #LARCHBL744BK. Two minutes on the state L&I site confirms all three before you ever call us.

Before you ask

My house is in the Historic District. Can you handle the design review?

Yes. The district has written design standards for exterior work, and they cover siding, windows, and fences along the street. We build to those standards and put the review paperwork together, so the approval process doesn't stall your project.

Does the river change how you build in Snohomish?

On the low lots, yes. That ground is technically floodplain, which just means it drains slow and stays wet long after the water's gone, so we set footings deeper and keep wood clear of the soggy months.

My address says Snohomish but I might be outside city limits. Does it matter?

For permits, yes. Clearview, Machias, Three Lakes, and a lot of Dutch Hill carry Snohomish addresses but sit outside the city limits, so the county issues the permit instead of the city. We check the parcel before we file anything.

Can you match the siding on a century-old house?

Usually, yes. Old cedar profiles can be milled to match when they aren't stocked anymore, and we repair the rot underneath first so the new boards aren't covering a live leak.

The same crew runs Highway 9 to the towns next door.

Straight answers on cost and permits before you ever pick up the phone.

☎  Larchmont hotline
One number, any hour
A person answers at any hour. If it's an old sill or a Historic District question, whoever picks up has quoted that exact job before.

Tell us what the Snohomish house needs, whether it sits in the Historic District or out past Clearview. A photo of the fence line or the soft spot tells us plenty before we ever drive out, or leave your number and we'll take it from there.

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