Free visual inspection and a written scope of work before any mitigation begins - photos, moisture readings, and drying logs go in your claim file
The scope we write is the scope we bill. Anything new gets shown to you, in writing, before we touch it.
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AfterTrusted Reconstruction & Cleanup for Midtown West Homeowners
When a pipe bursts on the 14th floor of a Midtown West pre-war building, or a kitchen fire leaves a Hell’s Kitchen co-op gutted, the cleanup is only the first half of the job. Somebody has to put the place back together. That’s the work we do at Wade’s Restoration: full reconstruction and cleanup, done by the same crew that handled the emergency, so you’re not juggling three different contractors while your co-op board asks when you’ll be back in your unit. Wade Ferris has owned and operated this company since 2007, and he still answers his own phone. Call (607) 703-3408 and you’ll get Wade, not a call center.
Midtown West is dense. Elevators, narrow stairwells, building superintendents, freight elevator reservations, DOB permits. The logistics are half the job. We know the buildings, we know the supers, and we’ve been doing this here long enough that the doorman on 54th Street knows Wade by name. If you’ve got water, fire, mold, or storm damage in Midtown West, we can have a crew there fast, and the reconstruction starts as soon as the mitigation is done, because it’s all under one roof.
What Our Reconstruction & Cleanup Service Includes
Here’s the thing most people don’t realize after a fire or a flood: the company that dries the place out and the company that rebuilds it are usually different companies. That means two estimates, two schedules, two points of contact, and a lot of finger-pointing when something goes wrong. We do both. One call, one contract, one name on the door.
Full-Service Reconstruction
This is the big one. When a fire on the 8th floor leaves the apartment below it soaked from the fire department’s hoses, or when a supply line lets go and floods three floors, you need more than a contractor with a nail gun. You need someone who understands how a building in Midtown West is put together, what the DOB requires, and what the insurance adjuster needs to see. Wade’s Restoration handles framing, electrical, plumbing, insulation, drywall, trim, paint, flooring, and finish work, all with a written scope of work before the first hammer swings. Wade Ferris walks the job himself and puts his name on the contract.
Drywall & Flooring Repair
Water and fire both destroy drywall, but in different ways. Water leaves it swollen, stained, and soft. Fire leaves it charred, cracked, and saturated with smoke. Either way, it has to come out. We cut out the damaged sections, dry the framing behind them, and hang new board that matches the existing finish. Same with flooring: water warps hardwood, fire scars it, and mold grows under it. We pull the damaged material, assess the subfloor, and install new flooring that matches what was there, whether that’s original pine in a pre-war unit or engineered oak in a condo conversion.
Contents Restoration & Pack-Out
After a fire or flood, your furniture, clothes, books, and electronics are often salvageable, but not if they sit in a wet, smoky apartment for three days. We do a full contents restoration and pack-out: we inventory everything, photograph everything for the insurance claim, pack it out to our facility, clean and deodorize what can be saved, and store it until the reconstruction is done. Then we bring it back, put it where it was, and hand you the inventory list. You sign off on every single item, and the adjuster gets the documentation they need.
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
Smoke gets into everything. Even rooms that weren’t touched by flame will smell like the fire for months if the carpet, drapes, and upholstery aren’t cleaned properly. We use professional-grade extraction and deodorizing equipment from Dri-Eaz and Phoenix to pull smoke particles out of fabric fibers, not just mask the smell with a spray. If the carpet or upholstery is beyond saving, we’ll tell you straight, and we’ll help you price out replacement through your claim.
Post-Construction Cleanup
Reconstruction is dusty work. Drywall dust gets into every drawer, every closet, every gap in the baseboard. When we finish a rebuild in Midtown West, we don’t hand you a set of keys and a dust mask. We do a full post-construction cleanup: HEPA vacuuming of every surface, wiping down walls and trim, cleaning windows and sills, and removing every scrap of debris. You walk back into a home that’s actually clean, not one that still smells like sawdust.
Insurance Claim Documentation
This is where Wade’s Restoration earns its keep. Insurance companies in New York are slow, and they want receipts. Wade deals with the adjuster directly, which most contractors won’t do. He photographs everything before, during, and after the job, logs every moisture reading, itemizes every line item, and sends it all to your adjuster. You’re not the one stuck in the middle relaying information between two sides. When the adjuster has a question, they call Wade. You live your life.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Brands We Service for Reconstruction & Cleanup
We use Dri-Eaz and Phoenix equipment because we’ve tested the rest and these are the best. Our dehumidifiers are Dri-Eaz LGR units, the same ones used by the big commercial restoration firms, and our air movers are Phoenix, which move more air per amp than anything else on the market. If an adjuster sees a moisture log from a Dri-Eaz-equipped crew, they know the readings are legitimate. That matters when the insurance check is being written.
We also use XPOWER air scrubbers and B-Air filtration units for post-construction and smoke-damage cleanup. These machines pull particulate out of the air so the place actually passes a visual inspection when the job is done. Whatever we’re using on your job, Wade and his crew know how to run it, maintain it, and get consistent results with it. You don’t need to know what a LGR dehumidifier is. You need to know the person running it knows what he’s doing.
Signs You Need Reconstruction & Cleanup Right Now
- Water stains creeping across the ceiling or down the walls. By the time you can see a stain, the leak has already been active for days or weeks. The water is traveling along the joist, wicking into drywall, and setting up conditions for mold. If the drywall is soft to the touch, the damage goes deeper than the surface and the affected sections need to come out.
- A musty smell that won’t go away, no matter how many candles you burn. That smell is microbial growth. It’s in the drywall, the insulation, the carpet pad, possibly the framing. Cleaning the surface won’t do it. The material has to be cut out and replaced, and the framing has to be dried and treated before new material goes back in.
- Visible mold on baseboards, behind furniture, or under sinks. If you can see it, it’s already been growing for a while. Visible mold means the spore count in the air is elevated, which means it’s being carried through the unit. Left alone, it spreads. Get a trained eye on it fast.
- Drywall that’s bubbling, peeling, or crumbling to the touch. Waterlogged drywall loses its structural integrity. It crumbles, sags, and eventually falls. If it’s bubbling or peeling, it’s saturated. It’s not going to dry back into shape. It needs to be cut out and replaced.
- After a fire, soot streaks on the walls and ceilings that extend beyond the room where it started. Soot is acidic and corrosive. The longer it sits on surfaces, the more deeply it etches into paint, wood, and metal. If the smoke got into other rooms, those rooms need full cleaning, sealing, and repainting, not just a wipe-down.
Our Reconstruction & Cleanup Process - Step by Step
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Inspection & written scope of work. Wade Ferris comes out himself. He walks the entire affected area, takes moisture readings, checks for hidden damage, and writes up a line-item scope of work with a firm price. You know exactly what you’re getting before anything starts.
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Mitigation & drying. Before any reconstruction begins, the moisture has to be gone. Not damp, not mostly dry, gone. We set up containment, pull out the saturated materials, and run LGR dehumidifiers and air movers until the moisture readings hit baseline. Those readings get logged every single day and handed to you at the end.
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Demolition & structural assessment. Once it’s dry, we cut out everything that can’t be saved: drywall, insulation, flooring, trim. We check the framing for rot, warping, or fire damage. If the structure is sound, we move forward. If it’s not, we tell you straight and we fix it.
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Reconstruction. New insulation, new drywall, new tape and mud, new trim, new paint, new flooring. This is where the rebuild happens, done in the right order so the finished job looks like it was always there. Nobody can tell a wall was patched when the mud work is done right.
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Final inspection & cleanup. We walk the job with you, room by room. You point out anything that doesn’t look right, and we make it right before we leave. Then we do the full post-construction cleanup and hand you the documentation packet for your insurance company. If anything isn’t right, the 90-Day Done Right Promise covers it, in writing.
How Much Does Reconstruction & Cleanup Cost in Midtown West?
What affects the price most is how long the water, fire, or mold sat before work started. Faster response means less saturation, less demolition, and less to rebuild. Material costs in Manhattan are also higher than the outer boroughs, because everything has to come through the freight elevator, sometimes with DOB permits and union labor involved, depending on the building. That’s not something a national chain’s phone estimate accounts for. Our written scope of work accounts for everything, and the estimate is free. Call (607) 703-3408 and Wade will come out, take a look, and give you a number in writing before any work starts.
Reconstruction & Cleanup Near Midtown West - Our Service Area
We work throughout Manhattan and the surrounding area: Midtown West, the Financial District, Lower Manhattan, Midtown Manhattan, the Upper West Side, and across the river into Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, West New York, Astoria, Long Island City, and Glendale. Response time in Midtown West is usually within the hour for emergencies, because Wade is based right here. He’s not driving in from Westchester. He’s your neighbor. See our home page for more about how we work and what we cover.
Serving Midtown West, NY - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Midtown West area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
Frequently Asked Questions - Reconstruction & Cleanup in Midtown West
Reconstruction & Cleanup pricing reflects the full process of restoring a home after water, fire, mold, or storm damage: removing damaged materials, drying the structure, rebuilding walls and floors, and cleaning every surface so the space is livable again. It’s the second half of disaster restoration, and it’s the part most restoration companies won’t do. We do both, which means one contract and one person accountable for the whole job.
Most our Reconstruction & Cleanup in Jersey City projects take between one and four weeks, depending on the size of the affected area and the extent of the rebuild. A single-room flood cut might be done in five to seven days. A full-unit fire rebuild can run three weeks or longer, especially if there are co-op board approvals, DOB permits, or freight elevator scheduling involved. Wade gives you a timeline in writing before the work starts, and he updates you if anything changes.
As a general rule, our Reconstruction & Cleanup in Hoboken for a single-room water damage reconstruction runs between $3,500 and $7,500. Larger jobs, like a full-unit fire rebuild, can run from $15,000 to $60,000 depending on the square footage and the finishes involved. The best way to get an exact number is to call (607) 703-3408 and have Wade come out for a free, no-obligation estimate.
Yes, we work in pre-war co-ops, post-war rental buildings, condo conversions, townhouses, and commercial spaces throughout Reconstruction & Cleanup in Union City. Every building type has its own set of challenges: pre-war units often have original plaster and lath that need special handling, while condo buildings may require insurance certificates and specific vendor protocols. We handle the paperwork and the work itself.
Yes, Wade answers his own phone 24/7, and he can usually be on-site in Midtown West within the hour for water, fire, sewage, or storm emergencies. If it can’t wait until morning, call (607) 703-3408. You’ll talk to a live person, not a voicemail system.
Yes, every water, fire, and mold restoration job is covered by our 90-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, we make it right, in writing on the contract. That’s the whole point of working with a local owner-operator instead of a national chain: the name on the truck is the name you can call.
Start by calling (607) 703-3408 as soon as you notice the damage. The faster we can get in and start drying, the less there is to rebuild. Before Wade arrives, move small valuables and personal documents out of the affected area if it’s safe to do so. Don’t try to tear out waterlogged drywall or fight a sewage backup yourself; that’s what trained professionals with proper protective gear are for.
Schedule Your Reconstruction & Cleanup Service in Midtown West Today
If your place has water damage, fire damage, mold, or just years of neglect that finally caught up with you, call Wade’s Restoration at (607) 703-3408. Wade Ferris will answer the phone himself, come out to your Midtown West building, and give you a written estimate with no obligation and no pressure. Free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and a 10% discount for seniors and veterans, every time. Call today.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration, serving Midtown West and surrounding communities since 2007.