Fiona Atwood
Owner and carpenter
Surveys every building herself, and writes the report. Visits each job at each stage.
About
A carpenter's firm, built around old ones
Kettle Hill Restoration is six people who would rather repair a sill than replace a house.
Fiona Atwood trained as a carpenter and started the firm to do the kind of work that doesn't fit a quote made in an hour. Every job begins with a survey, and everything that follows comes from what the survey found. We do the work ourselves, and we sub out only what needs a trade we don't have, like electrical or an engineer's stamp.
At a glance
Six people, carpenters and masons
The people who survey are the people who build
Work in Putnam and Dutchess counties
Old paint handled under the federal renovation rule
The people
Who you'll meet
Renee Pinkney
Site lead
Runs the crew on site and is your contact every working day.
Elijah Rainey
Shop joiner
Mills the trim, sash and timber for each job to match what's there.
How we work
Three habits
Say what we find
The report goes to you whole, including the parts that don't help us sell the work.
Repair first
We replace only what can't be repaired, and we mark what's new.
Show you the wall
Whatever we open, you see before we close it.
Book a survey
Tell us about the building.