About Alair Homes Arlington
Alair Homes Arlington specializes in both custom home builds and whole home renovations. The company emphasizes a commitment to quality craftsmanship and excellent customer service, treating each project with the same level of care. Alair Homes Arlington understands the unique challenges of building in Arlington's smaller lots and works closely with clients to help them realize their dream homes. Clients praise the company's transparency, providing clear visibility into project budgets and timelines. Project managers are commended for their responsiveness, detailed-oriented approach, and ability to handle unique design requests. Clients appreciate the support and problem-solving skills demonstrated by the team throughout the renovation process, even when unexpected delays or complications arise. Alair Homes Arlington's dedication to customer satisfaction extends beyond project completion, with ongoing support and prompt attention to warranty issues.
This was an emotional undertaking for me. I'd inherited my childhood home and needed to renovate. I wanted to try to have my home fit into my old neighborhood, paying homage to the place I grew up with all its memories while still trying to create a more liveable space. My parents bought the original house in 1966. It had been built in 1955. It was small but we made it work and it was my mother's pride and joy. Going forward 50+ years of memories and trying to deal with loss, grief and challenged to make something new. Then COVID hit. I'll get to all that in a minute. Chad and his team, Audrey and Alex were patient, compassionate and a pleasure to work with. I spoke with over half a dozen builders and many were callous, profit driven and talked right through me. For most of them, all they could see was square footage, boundaries and building a McMansion/Eyesore. Not Chad, Audrey and Alex. They really took the extra time to listen and acted as my advocate to realize a vision I had. I think the fact that they have worked so much in Arlington was a huge plus. Adding to the complexities: 1) I was moving overseas for work in 6 months. 2) I'd been unable to clear out the house completely/no estate sale was possible during the early days of COVID. There were appliances, books, bric a brac, old furniture and carpets. 3) Parts of the house had fallen into disrepair but parts I wanted to maintain. Cutting to the chase: Chad/Audrey/Alex treated me like their only client. We worked through architectural drawings and mockups, samples and swatches, bath and tile, you name it. Their client portal gave me budget projections, tracking expenditures and selections. On top of all that, I was able to move/store/sell/throwaway a certain number of items but the Alair team took care of the rest. Using Community Forklift, they arranged for the appliances, tiles and usable items to be donated for reuse. Other items were taken by charities and the house was taken down with a few exceptions. What rose up from that is a new house that sits on the original footprint of the original home. They kept the basement with updates and kept our original fireplace, hearth and chimney, and we went up. We raised the ceilings, redid everything else and added features like a whole-house water filter. Yes, COVID increased costs and dragged things out but the good folks at Alair kept pushing and now, I have a gorgeous home with all the old-growth trees still intact (Black Hickory, Tulip Magnolia, Pine, Magnolia, etc.) and the home, while new, looks like it has been there forever. It is a point of pride for me that while it encompasses almost 4,300 square feet, it is set back from the street and still has a massive back yard and it looks sublime compared to some of the larger rebuilds in the neighborhood. Chad, Audrey and Alex. Thank you. I still get emotional thinking about everything that happened in the last year+ but we got there together.