Hyannis • Cape Cod • Greater Boston
Fine carpentry,inside and out.
AKL Home Improvement is a Cape Cod carpentry house for homes held to a higher standard. Custom interiors, cedar shingle exteriors, and every line of trim in between. Measured precisely, written into a scope, finished to the millimeter.
Licensed & insured • Massachusetts corporation № 001979514
“A man may stand thereand put all Americabehind him.”
Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, 1865
Most of our projects are private homes and stay that way. A selection is photographed as it completes: kitchens, stairs, shingled elevations, porches over the water.
One standard,from the sill to the ridge.
Every project begins the same way. At the front door.
The work speaks quietly.
Most of our projects are private homes and stay that way. A selection is photographed as it completes: kitchens, stairs, shingled elevations, porches over the water.
Open the portfolioSelected projectsacross the Cape.
A record of recent work, added as projects photograph. Most of our houses stay private at the owner's request.
“They treated a hundred year old houseas if their own name were on the deed.The trim work is the finest on the street.”
Built by hand.Run by name.
On the state record, one name holds every office of the corporation. That is not an accident of paperwork. It is how the work runs. The person who signs your proposal is the person who checks the reveal on your casing.
VI · The HouseThe Cape almanac
A trade that keeps the calendar of the sea
Every season asks something different of a Cape house. AKL works the year the way the Cape always has, by the water's clock.
Spring
March to May
The herring return to the runs and daffodils line Route 6A. Summer houses open their shutters.
Storm repairs after the nor'easters. Cedar renewed, decks squared, porches made ready.
Summer
June to August
Hydrangea season. Long light, full harbors, the Cape at its brightest.
Outdoor living at full pace. Decks, pergolas, outdoor showers, doors open to the water.
Autumn
September to November
Cranberry harvest and quiet beaches. The crowds thin and the light turns amber.
Weatherproofing before the first frost. Shingles, flashing, every seam sealed for winter.
Winter
December to February
The Cape goes quiet. Wood smoke over the villages, silver light on the water.
The interior season. Coffered ceilings, built ins, fine trim, the close work of the craft.
Where we work.
Select projects taken in Boston, Brookline and Wellesley by arrangement.
Tell us about the property.
A site visit, then a written proposal with scope, materials and schedule. The number we quote is the number we hold. We reply within one business day.
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