Synopsis

In East Boston, homeowner Chris Flynn guides Kevin O'Connor to the neighborhood’s highest vantage point, revealing a sweeping panorama of the city and a national religious shrine dominated by a towering, thirty-five-foot statue of the Virgin Mary. Meanwhile, general contractor Tom Silva identifies issues with rot plaguing the front porch and deterioration in the aging stucco exterior. Landscape contractor Roger Cook coordinates with the homeowners to clear the ivy that’s aggressively covering—an