ALEXANDRIA
Home Repair & Contractor Services
In Old Town a leak rarely stays in one rowhouse, and the office suites at Carlyle get re-let one at a time. We rebuild shared walls after water or smoke, build out suites and turn rentals in Del Ray and Arlandria.
Alexandria Is Older Than the Capital Next Door
Alexandria was a working port before Washington was laid out. Old Town still has the brick and frame rowhouses to prove it.
Newer Alexandria is just as real: the towers at Carlyle and Eisenhower East, the townhouses at Potomac Yard and the garden apartments in Arlandria. You need a contractor who can work in both.
The local concept
The BAR Review
The BAR review is the City of Alexandria's Board of Architectural Review, which approves exterior changes in the Old and Historic Alexandria District and the Parker-Gray District.
If a fire or a burst pipe forces a rebuild in Old Town, the inside work moves at normal speed. Anything that changes what the street sees, a window, a door, a cornice, goes through the BAR first. Plan for it on day one.
The jobs we get from Alexandria
Shared walls in Old Town
Rowhouses on King Street and the blocks around it share walls, so water or smoke rarely stays in one house. We open what is wet, dry it out and rebuild plaster and drywall to match what was there. Where the house has plaster, drywall repair in Alexandria is blended into it, and smoke damage restoration in Alexandria, VA includes checking the shared wall as well as your own rooms.
Insurance Reconstruction →Del Ray and Arlandria rentals
The garden apartments and small rental houses in Arlandria and Del Ray change tenants every year. Paint, patching, floors and fixtures happen on one schedule so the unit is rent ready by the lease date.
Rental Turnovers →Offices at Carlyle
Carlyle and Eisenhower East grew up around the Patent and Trademark Office, and the office space around it is re-let suite by suite. We build out the new layout and run the subcontracted trades inside the project.
Commercial Contracting →Old floors, new floors
Old Town houses often have original wood floors worth keeping. Condos at Potomac Yard need plank that meets the building rules. We repair the first and install the second.
Flooring →Service Pages
Specific Services in Alexandria
Alexandria Neighborhoods We Serve
Old Town and Parker-Gray, Del Ray and Arlandria, Carlyle and Eisenhower East, and the West End around Landmark.
Downtown
- Old Town
- Old Town North
- Parker-Gray
- Rosemont
North
- Del Ray
- Arlandria
- Potomac Yard
- Braddock
South & East
- Eisenhower East
- Carlyle
- Huntington
- Landmark
Nearby
- Arlington
- Fairfax
- Mount Vernon
- Annandale
Across the Wilson Bridge
Alexandria sits just across the Potomac from us, roughly 11 miles from the shop on a straight line.
The drive goes north on MD 210 to the Capital Beltway, west over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge on I-95 and I-495, then north on US 1 past the Torpedo Factory Art Center side of Old Town and up to Carlyle.
Alexandria Questions
Does my Old Town rebuild need BAR approval?+
Interior work usually does not. Exterior changes that the street can see in the Old and Historic Alexandria District or Parker-Gray go through the Board of Architectural Review before the building permit.
Who issues building permits in Alexandria?+
The City of Alexandria Department of Code Administration. Alexandria is an independent city, so Fairfax County does not review work inside city limits.
My mailing address says Alexandria but I am in Fairfax County. Still covered?+
Yes. Places like Huntington and the Route 1 corridor south of the city carry Alexandria addresses and sit well inside our 30-mile area. Permits there go through Fairfax County instead.
Do you rebuild plaster walls in older houses?+
We match what the house has. In some rooms that means new plaster work, in others a drywall repair finished to blend with the old wall.
Do addition contractors in Alexandria handle permits too?+
We do. Inside the City of Alexandria the building permit goes through the Department of Code Administration, and an addition the street can see in Old Town or Parker-Gray needs Board of Architectural Review approval first. With an Alexandria address in Fairfax County, permits go through the county. We coordinate the permits and inspections for our scope.
What does a bathroom remodel cost in Alexandria?+
We haven't found a published Alexandria figure. The nearest are Fixr's Washington, DC average of $19,080 for a full bathroom and Angi's DC average of $12,651. Old Town rowhouses with plaster walls and tight stairs add labor. We price Alexandria bathrooms after a free walkthrough.
Start Your Alexandria Estimate
Old Town rowhouse or Carlyle suite, send us the address and we will tell you what the job needs before anything starts.
Towns Near Alexandria
- Congress Heights, DC 3.6 mi northeast
- Fort Washington, MD 5.2 mi southeast
- Anacostia, DC 5.2 mi northeast
- Temple Hills, MD 5.2 mi east
- Navy Yard, DC 5.4 mi northeast
- Arlington, VA 5.5 mi northwest
Straight-line miles from Alexandria. Farther than Arlington? See the Virginia page or the full service area.