A P Fortes Plumbing & Heating

A P Fortes Plumbing & Heating has worked out of Vineyard Haven for 21 years, by the Better Business Bureau's count, and there is very little written about it either way. The one substantive account is old and unhappy. In an April 2018 review on BuildZoom, a customer who hired Allan Fortes for pipe work wrote that he had once been reliable and on time, then had to be chased for weeks, showed up eventually, promised to send someone else, and never did. That single review is the whole of the company's BuildZoom rating. Its Google profile, by contrast, sits at 5 stars — across just 3 ratings, with nothing written attached to them. The licensing picture needs attention before you call. The Massachusetts plumbing registration held by A.P. Fortes Plumbing & Heating Inc, number 2762-PL-C, comes back from the state registry as expired. BuildZoom's profile still shows license #2762 as active — BuildZoom labels its own listing unverified, and on this one the state registry disagrees with it. BuildZoom also carries a second Massachusetts plumbing business license, #4324, listed inactive and at one point cancelled. BBB lists the company as not accredited with no rating, saying it has insufficient information. If you are on the Vineyard and considering this shop, ask directly about the current status of the state plumbing registration and get it in writing before any work is scheduled, along with a firm date.