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Cedarpost Builders

Home care and small jobs

Home care and small jobs in Loudoun County

Not every job is a remodel. Our crew cleans gutters, clears dryer vents, fixes the door that sticks and works through the list a home inspector or a new owner hands us. With Cedarpost Home Care, we also look after the house season by season. One visit, one fair price, and we clean up after ourselves.

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Booking now. Gutters, dryer vents and the repairs worth doing before winter sets in.

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Seasonal home careCedarpost Builders
Small jobs
Priced the same daysend photos with your request
Who comes
Our own crewa licensed builder's carpenters
Home care plan
Four visits a yeara set checklist each season
Based in
Leesburgworking across Loudoun

What is included

The jobs that pile up

Small jobs are how most people meet their builder. We treat them the way we treat a basement: a clear price before we start, the work done properly, and the place left clean.

  • Gutters and downspouts

    Cleaned, flushed and checked, with loose hangers and leaking seams fixed while we are up there.

  • Seasonal home care

    Four visits a year, each a set checklist, with a written report after every one.

  • Dryer vents

    Cleaned from the dryer to the outside wall. A clogged vent is a fire risk and makes the dryer work twice as hard.

  • Carpentry and repairs

    Sticking doors, rotten trim, loose railings, drywall patches, caulking, and the shelf that was never hung.

  • Move-in and inspection lists

    The list from your home inspector or your first month in the house, worked through top to bottom.

  • Before you sell

    The fixes an agent asks for before the photographs, done on a deadline.

From our projects

The care behind a finished house.

Visible preparation and repair make the care behind a finished home easier to understand.

Historic shutters laid out for hands-on preparation during the exterior work. (open the photograph larger)
During the workHistoric shutters laid out for hands-on preparation during the exterior work.
Black shutters and white window trim restore rhythm to the pale brick facade. (open the photograph larger)
FinishedBlack shutters and white window trim restore rhythm to the pale brick facade.
A close view of deteriorated material exposed at a balcony edge. (open the photograph larger)
During the repairA close view of deteriorated material exposed at a balcony edge.
White edge trim being fitted back around the balcony. (open the photograph larger)
During the workWhite edge trim being fitted back around the balcony.

The projects

All projects

Your price

How small jobs are priced

Small jobs are priced by the job, in writing, before we start. Describe it in the form below, or email a few photos to info@cedarpost.com, and you will usually have a price the same day.

What moves the price

  • Height. A third-story gutter is a different job from a ranch.
  • How much is on the list. Ten small things in one visit cost less than ten visits.
  • Materials. A rotten sill needs the right wood and a coat of primer on every face before it goes in.
  • Trades. Electrical, plumbing and heating repairs are done by licensed trade contractors, whom we can arrange as part of a list.

The visit is free. Your price is written and itemized after it, and any change after that is priced and signed before the work happens.

How the job goes

From a photo to done

  1. Today

    Tell us the job

    Use the form, or email photos. A list is fine.

  2. Usually the same day

    A price

    In writing, by the job. For a long list, we come to look first.

  3. On the day we said

    We do it

    Our own crew, with the materials on the truck.

  4. Before we leave

    We clean up

    Swept, wiped down and the debris taken away.

How we work, in full

A Loudoun home checklist

Your home, season by season.

Twenty small jobs a year keep most houses out of trouble. Print it, put it on the fridge, or hand it to us.

Fall

Winter-ready

  • Drain the hose bibs
  • Clean the gutters
  • Heating check, new filter
  • Seal door and window drafts
  • Test smoke and CO alarms

Winter

Mid-winter check

  • New HVAC filter
  • Top up softener salt
  • Clean the dryer vent
  • Check pipes for leaks
  • Test sump pump and shutoff

Spring

Start-up

  • Turn hose bibs back on
  • Gutters and drainage
  • Cooling check, new filter
  • Inspect deck and rails
  • Test the sump pump

Summer

Tune-up

  • New HVAC filter
  • Top up softener salt
  • Wash deck and walks
  • Flush the water heater
  • Touch up caulk and paint

Cedarpost Home Care

Rather we did it? One visit each season.

Cedarpost Home Care is a membership: four visits a year, each one a set checklist run the same way every time. Ask and we will send you the details and the price.

Ask about Home Care

We inspect, and replace consumables such as filters and softener salt. Gas, refrigerant, wiring and plumbing repairs are done by licensed trade contractors.

  • Four visits a year. The seasonal checklist above, done by our crew.
  • A photo of every item. You can see that each check was done, and what it found.
  • Small fixes done on the spot. The loose hanger and the tired filter do not need a second visit.
  • A written report after every visit. What we did, what we found and what can wait.
  • Bigger items become a written price. Never a surprise, and never an obligation.

Building it here

Why a builder for small jobs

Anyone can clean a gutter. The value of having a builder's crew do it is what they notice while they are there: the flashing that has lifted, the trim starting to rot, the deck ledger pulling away.

  • A licensed contractor. Cedarpost holds a Virginia Class A contractor license, the highest class the state issues.
  • Local. We are based in Leesburg and work in the neighborhoods around us, so a small job is not a long drive.
  • One call for the bigger thing. When the small job turns out to be a symptom, the people who found it can fix it.

Questions

Small-job questions we hear most

Something else on your mind? Call 571-601-1102 and ask.

What is the smallest job you will take?

If it needs a ladder, a saw or a caulk gun, ask. A handful of small things in one visit is the best value for you and for us.

How do I get a price?

Describe the job in the form, or email photos to info@cedarpost.com. Most small jobs are priced the same day, in writing. For a long list, we come to look first.

Do I need to be home?

Not for outside work such as gutters and lights. For inside work, someone needs to let the crew in and walk the finished job with us.

Do you do electrical and plumbing repairs?

Those are done by licensed electricians and plumbers. We can arrange them as part of a list so you make one call.

How does the home care plan work?

Four visits a year, one each season, each following a set checklist. You get a written report with photos after every visit. Ask and we will send the details and the price.

How do payments work?

The payment schedule is written into the contract and tied to progress on the job. The final payment is due after we have walked the finished work together and closed the punch list.

Get a written price

Tell us what needs doing.

The visit is free and there is no pressure. If the timing is not right, we will say so.

  1. We reply the same day. A short call to understand the project.
  2. We come to look. Usually within 48 hours, with a tape and a camera.
  3. You get a written price. Itemized, within 48 hours of the visit for most projects.

Rather talk it through? Call 571-601-1102 or write to info@cedarpost.com.

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