Additions and cottages on the Houghton slope
Almost every remodel in Houghton happens on a lot that was platted long before anyone worried about turning a truck around. Houghton driveways run steep and short, so the unit usually ends up in the first flat meter inside the property line. We walk the Houghton drive with the builder before the first delivery and mark the spot in chalk so nobody parks a skid steer on it.
Detached cottages behind the older Houghton houses are the steadiest work on this part of the route. A Houghton backyard build has no street frontage of its own, which means the unit stays out front and the crew walks the side yard all day.
Dock repair and shoreline permits in Houghton
Houghton shoreline owners rebuilding docks and bulkheads work to an in-water window that lands in the wettest part of the year. Crews on a Houghton dock job want the unit at street level, because hauling a pump hose down forty steps to the beach is nobody's idea of a service call. We schedule Houghton dock sites for early service, before the barge crew arrives and blocks the only parking on the street.
Parks and gatherings along the Houghton waterfront
Houghton Beach Park and Marsh Park fill up from the first warm weekend in May, and the permanent restrooms there were never sized for it. Swim programs, paddleboard races and neighborhood picnics in Houghton get standard units set back on the asphalt rather than on the grass. An ADA accessible unit goes on the level pad nearest the Houghton parking lot so nobody crosses turf to reach it.
Because Houghton sits between the downtown waterfront and Yarrow Bay, event parking vanishes fast. Give us the Houghton setup window early in the morning and we are in and out before the crowds.