Most customers who visit the Reuse Center at Boston Building Resources come from nearby neighborhoods in the city. Occasionally, though, our reach extends farther away. Customer Justine completed a first-time...
One day when Derrick Harrington was meditating, he was interrupted by the unwelcome sound of his kitchen ceiling collapsing—the result of a slow leak from the apartment above his. The...
Antonio Correia is a longtime customer who has been shopping at the Reuse Center for decades. Unfortunately, his home was severely damaged by fire in February, and the insurance settlement...
Angella Theirse has remodeled more than her fair share of homes over the past 30 years. Her current project, a two-family rental property in Dorchester, is clad in royal blue...
When Adeline Odney purchased her home in Mattapan ten years ago, it was in rough shape. It had been through foreclosure, and the only space in the home that was...
Julia Montrond bought her three-family house in Dorchester in 2016. She started off by remodeling the kitchen in the basement unit. Next, it was the second floor unit kitchen, and...
Going into my second year of college, I wanted to get further immersed in Boston. I had just spent a year on campus, but had hybrid classes and virtual clubs,...
One morning last February, Dan Adolfson entered the finished basement of his Milton home and found that the water heater had broken, leaving an inch of water covering the floor....
Since she bought it in 2001, Beth Rimas’s small single-family house in Roslindale has been a work in progress. “When I moved in, the whole house had 1970s paneling, drop...
If you hear humming and drumming in BBR’s Reuse Center, carpenter Neil Israel may be perusing the nearby shelves. Neil has been shopping at the Reuse Center for twelve years...
BBR member Liz Martin has an appreciation for older houses that she brings to her work as a home inspector as well as restoration work on her own Roslindale two-family...
If you stop by the BBR Reuse Center on a Monday, you may see Jamaica Plain resident Sue Warne hard at work. Sue is one of the many volunteers who...
Homeowner Jen Rowe built a basement ADU for a family member with a disability, prioritizing sustainability by sourcing reused materials from Boston Building Resources. With support from city workshops, local...