4M Carpentry Inc

4M Carpentry Inc works out of Framingham, Massachusetts, and everything known about it comes from a permit trail rather than from customers. Twelve permitted projects are on record, running from 2006 to 2022 and spread across eastern Massachusetts: bathroom remodels in Framingham and Danvers, kitchen renovations in Byfield and Malden, a structural beam installation, a two-storey rear addition on a Framingham house, and commercial fit-out work — including a $21,100 refresh at 20 Sewall St in Marblehead in 2022 that created offices and a new kitchen area for an incoming occupant. The listing describes the trade as decks and porches, deck repair, framing, doors and windows, and general carpentry, and the permits are consistent with a carpenter who handles both structural work and full room renovations, residential and light commercial. The licensing picture is the reason to slow down. BuildZoom prints an 'ALERT' reading 'No active license on file', and lists two Massachusetts home improvement contractor registrations — numbers 102075 and 182044 — both marked Inactive, with the directory saying each 'was at one point cancelled'. Those are the directory's own claims rather than a live state registry finding, and BuildZoom's licence blocks are unreliable enough that they should not be taken as settled either way. What they do mean is that you should not assume a current registration exists: ask 4M Carpentry directly for its HIC number and check it yourself at the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation before signing anything, since HIC registration is what gives a homeowner access to the state Guaranty Fund. No customer has left a review anywhere in the sources checked, so there is nothing on how the work was managed, how schedules held, or how problems were handled. If you're considering them, ask for two or three references from recent jobs you can actually call, and confirm insurance certificates alongside the registration.