Greater Boston · Six- and seven-figure renovations and custom builds
In One Call, You'll Know What a Year of Walkthroughs Hasn't Told You
A 20-minute Pre-Construction Discovery Call with Windson Honorato. He reads your answers before he dials. The 20 minutes start on your project, not on introductions.
Windson · What this call is for, in his words
In 20 minutes, you'll walk away with:
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A straight read on your scope. The parts that usually surface after the contract is signed.
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The budget bracket your project actually sits in. From someone who doesn't bid, so it isn't built to win the job.
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A phase-by-phase timeline. The real one.
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A red flag review of any bids you're holding. What's missing, and why it matters.
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A clear answer on fit. If Honorato isn't right for your project, Windson will say so.
Prefer to talk now? Call Windson directly: +1 (781) 475-6644
Both partners welcome · Windson takes every call himself
4.8-Star Rated on Google · 75+ Projects Across Greater Boston · Since 2015
A real one, recorded
This is what the 20 minutes sound like
Windson with Ali, a Newton homeowner · The call, as it happened
“In one conversation I learned things I didn't know I needed to know. Windson is someone who tells you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear.”
Ali · Homeowner, Newton · After this call
Brookline · Original floors refinished, not replaced
Where you are
Eighteen months in, and still no one you'd hand the vision to
You know what you want the house to be. That was never the problem.
The problem is that every piece you've collected is missing the same thing.
- The estimate. A number without a study of your house. Built to win the job.
- The drawings. “$40,000 and counting,” and still no builder's number.
- The referral. A name without a plan. He built her kitchen, not a Colonial from 1911.
None of them is on the hook for the whole picture. So you are. And the only thing worse than waiting is spending seven figures on something expensive but not exceptional.
Why his numbers hold
Windson doesn't bid jobs. Here's what he does instead.
A project this size doesn't go over in the contract. It goes over in the selections made after it. The $8,000 toilet. The appliance allowance that was never going to hold.
So when a project is a fit, it goes into pre-construction first. Every selection priced before construction. Cabinets, stone, railing, allowances. Decided, priced, and signed before the first crew arrives. That's why his signed numbers and his closing numbers look like this:
Lexington
Whole-home renovation
Signed $2.4M
$450 overat close
3 change orders, each priced and signed before the work
Wellesley
Whole-home renovation
Signed $1.8M
$1,200 underat close
2 change orders
Newton
Custom home
Signed $3.1M
$2,800 overat close
4 change orders
The files above are the method, not the highlight. One Weston family had dinner in Portugal while theirs was being built.
Sage inset cabinetry, honed marble, black enamel range · Every selection priced before construction
Freestanding tub, brass filler, book-matched marble · Signed before the first crew arrived
Hand-forged iron, Saugus · Quoted and signed before a single weld
None of that happens on a 20-minute call, and this page won't pretend it does. The call decides whether your project belongs in that process, and gives you the first read from the person who runs it.
What happens next
Three conversations. About three hours.
Every six- or seven-figure project with Honorato begins the same way. You can stop after any one of them.
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The Discovery CallThis page
Twenty minutes. Scope, budget bracket, timeline, red flags, and a clear answer on fit.
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The Planning SessionOne hour
Where the guesswork ends. Real cost benchmarks anchored to homes Windson has built, and what your specific house will require, before a dollar is spent.
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The Tier Presentation
A proposal built for your home. Three tiers, one question: which one fits. You leave with a real number and a real plan.
A fair question
“Is this a real call, or a screener before the pitch?”
- 01You get a bracket, not a number.
Nobody can price a project they haven't studied. Be suspicious of anyone who gives you a number after 20 minutes. His bracket isn't a bid, because he doesn't bid.
- 02He's checking fit too.
Your town, your project, your budget, your timing. If it isn't a fit, he'll say so on the call and point you somewhere better. If it is, he names the Planning Session once and leaves it with you.
- 03Send your bids and drawings ahead.
Use the call to look past the portfolio, with anyone you're considering. Including Honorato. Windson works from an existing design when it can be built for what you have, and tells you if yours is likely to.
“The most valuable part was feeling like I could dream big and not be punished for it. I had a partner who respected the vision and wanted it executed correctly, not rushed.”
Kelly Barreto · Homeowner, Lexington MA
On the build that followed
“I expected more firefighting. Instead, it felt like issues were anticipated and handled before they reached me.”
Logan Barreto · Homeowner and Investor
On the build that followed
Winchester · One open run from dining through kitchen to living
Winchester · A freestanding tub set where the morning light lands
Why now
The calendar is set by the town, not by us
In Greater Boston, permits and build season decide your window. Planning that starts this fall can break ground in spring. Planning that starts in January often waits a full year. This call is where it starts. Windson takes roughly five of these a month, himself.
Book your call
Pick a time. Windson reads your answers before he calls.
- 01Pick a time below
You'll get a confirmation and three short questions: your town, your project, and your budget.
- 02Send what you've been shown
Reply to the confirmation with any bids or drawings. Windson reads all of it before he calls.
- 03Both partners, if you can
If your spouse can't make it, book anyway.
Prefer to talk now? Call Windson directly: +1 (781) 475-6644
Twenty minutes · Both partners welcome · Nothing sold
Fieldstone and cedar shake, under February snow
P.S.You can keep collecting pieces. Another walkthrough, another range, another invoice from someone who can't yet tell you if it's buildable.
Or spend 20 minutes with the person whose projects are priced before construction, and who has the closing numbers to prove it. Pick a time above.