Water Damage Restoration in Onset, MA

Onset is the village of Wareham that sits on Onset Bay at the very head of Buzzards Bay, just west of the Cape Cod Canal. It began in 1877 as a spiritualist summer camp, and the Victorian cottages from that era still line the bluff above the beach, shoulder to shoulder on small lots with shallow crawl spaces. Around them are 1920s bungalows and 1950s cottages, and many are still summer places.

The head of Buzzards Bay is where a hurricane's surge piles up. Hurricane Bob on August 19, 1991 drove twelve to fifteen feet of water into Onset, the highest surge anywhere in the storm, and the Hurricane of 1938 did the same. The January 4, 2018 nor'easter brought coastal flooding to the whole region again. Between storms, the old cottages freeze when they are closed for the winter, and the water runs until the owner comes back.

We connect Onset homeowners with an independent local water damage provider by phone. The provider looks at the house and sets the scope.

Onset water damage, at the head of the bay

Bay water in a first floor or under a cottage after a surge is flood cleanup, and sand and seaweed come in with it. A frozen line in a closed-up Victorian cottage is frozen pipe cleanup, scoped around how long the water ran. The old furniture and keepsakes that fill these cottages are handled as content restoration, with a written list of what went where.

Permits and the fire district in Onset

Onset is part of the Town of Wareham, and rebuild permits go through the town building department. Water and fire service come from the Onset Fire District, a separate body from the town, and a leak on the street side of the meter is theirs. Tell the crew if the house is a summer place and how to reach you during the week.

Call (508) 419-9161 now and tell us what you see. A local water damage provider serving Onset takes it from there.