Alair Homes Arlington
Clarendon, Arlington, VA

Alair Homes Arlington Reviews

4.5 stars based on 23 reviews

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  Cindy Fischer

  5.0

  We had a great experience with Chad and his team. They made a complete remodel of our 1939 Cape Cod almost painless. The project managers were responsive, attentive and thoughtful in managing the project and our expectations. Alair has a strong network of subcontractors and vendors that helped to keep our project moving along despite industry wide pandemic related delays. We are very pleased with the craftsmanship, attention to detail and ultimately the finished product. We would not hesitate to recommend Alair to our friends and family. Thank you Chad, Jason and Andrew!

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  Response from the owner

  Very nice, thank you Cindy. And to think it all started with a small basement reno nearly 10 years ago.

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  Frontis Wiggins

  5.0

  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 mayde 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.

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  Response from the owner

  Thank you Frontis, that is a tremendous post and greatly appreciated. It was really our pleasure and although we do have other clients I am so happy you felt you were made the priority you deserved. The salvaged items all went to good hands as much as we could especially several books that currently live in my own home to which the bookworms in our family are still enjoying.

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  Kevin McNulty

  5.0

  Chad and the team at Alair are outstanding. They built a custom home our family in Alexandria that exceeded expectations in every way. The Alair team has relationships with the best trades and vendors in the region. I strongly recommend.

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