BROOKLAND
Home Repair & Contractor Services
The students move in in August and the house isn't ready. In Brookland we turn rentals before fall, rebuild early 1900s houses after water and refit shops on 12th Street NE.
Brookland Is a Campus Neighborhood
Brookland grew up around the Catholic University of America and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. People still call it Little Rome for all the religious houses nearby.
Campus life means rentals, and rentals mean turnovers. The detached frame houses and bungalows here are older than most of what students rent elsewhere.
The local concept
Campus-Edge Rentals
Campus-edge rentals are the houses near Catholic University and Brookland-CUA station that rent to students, faculty and staff.
Leases follow the school year, so many come back at once in late spring and need work before the next group arrives in August.
The jobs we get from Brookland
Student houses before fall
Brookland rentals get painted, patched, refloored where needed and refitted, and the punch list gets cleared before the August move-in.
Rental Turnovers →Old houses after water
Brookland has many early 1900s houses. When water gets into one, the wet plaster or drywall comes out, the framing dries and the rooms go back together.
Insurance Reconstruction →Shops on 12th Street
Restaurants and shops on 12th Street NE and at Monroe Street Market change tenants. Each space is rebuilt to the new tenant's plan, trades included.
Commercial Contracting →Rental floors
Plank and carpet that hold up to a houseful of students and can be patched room by room.
Flooring →Brookland Neighborhoods We Serve
Brookland, Edgewood, Michigan Park, University Heights, Woodridge and Fort Totten.
Central
- Brookland
- Edgewood
- Michigan Park
- University Heights
North
- North Michigan Park
- Fort Totten
- Riggs Park
- Lamond
South & East
- Woodridge
- Brentwood
- Langdon
- Ivy City
Nearby
- Petworth
- Hyattsville
- Mount Rainier
- Trinidad
North Through the City to Brookland
Brookland is about 20 miles from the shop on a straight line, and about 3 from the Capitol.
We take MD 210 to I-295, go up through the city on I-295 and DC 295, turn west on New York Avenue (US 50) and come north on local streets to the Franciscan Monastery and Monroe Street Market.
Brookland Questions
Can you turn several student houses before fall?+
Yes. Send us the addresses and lease dates. We scope and schedule them together.
Who issues permits in Brookland?+
Brookland is in the District, so the DC Department of Buildings issues permits.
When should I book a summer turnover?+
As soon as you know the lease end date. The weeks between May and August are the busiest in a campus neighborhood.
Do you work in Woodridge and Michigan Park?+
Yes, both border Brookland to the east and north.
Start Your Brookland Estimate
Send your lease end dates now. Summer fills up, and we schedule student houses in the order they come in.
Towns Near Brookland
- Trinidad, DC 1.9 mi south
- Petworth, DC 2.2 mi west
- Columbia Heights, DC 2.5 mi west
- Hyattsville, MD 2.7 mi northeast
- Deanwood, DC 3.1 mi southeast
- Navy Yard, DC 4.1 mi south
Straight-line miles from Brookland. Farther than Navy Yard? See the Washington, D.C. page or the full service area.