James Hardie Siding in Mashpee, MA

Mashpee has a large share of newer homes and seasonal properties around New Seabury and Popponesset. Many of these houses are now at the age where the original roofs, decks and windows need replacing at the same time.

Much of Mashpee's housing is newer than the rest of the Cape, and a large share of it, close to 40 percent, has been seasonal. Neighborhoods like New Seabury and Popponesset were built out in the last few decades, and many of those homes now need their first roof, deck and window replacements, often all at once.

Mashpee is surrounded by water: Nantucket Sound to the south, Waquoit Bay on the west, Popponesset Bay on the east and some of the largest ponds on the Cape inland. In 2023 Town Meeting widened the local wetland buffer from 100 to 150 feet and the natural vegetated strip from 50 to 75 feet, which shapes where decks, additions and even staging can go.

The Mashpee Historic District around Main Street and Great Neck Road North is small, so most homes in town need only a building permit and, near the water, a conservation filing.

James Hardie fiber cement siding comes in lap boards, shingles and panels that look like painted wood but do not rot, and it resists damage from insects and woodpeckers that wood siding can suffer. On the Cape that makes it a common choice for houses that take a lot of salt, sun and wind-driven rain.