A-Z Finish Carpentry

A-Z Finish Carpentry is a Winthrop-based finish carpentry and general contracting company run by owner and project manager Charles Draleau, with Edward Mulrenin as lead carpenter, working on kitchens, bathrooms, basements, ADUs, decks, tile and custom woodwork across Boston and the North Shore. The company says it has been at it for 15 years; its Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration #203042 is verified active in the state registry, the Better Business Bureau also lists a Construction Supervisor licence CS-116683 expiring in 2027, and it holds an A+ grade with accreditation there. Most of the people who write about them hired them for a full bathroom or kitchen remodel. In March 2026 one homeowner described Charles arriving promptly to assess a kitchen and explaining the process clearly, and another credited Samantha with patiently turning a stream of ideas and questions into the bathroom she pictured. A January 2026 Thumbtack reviewer had a kitchen and two bathrooms remodeled and called the craftsmanship top-notch. Earlier accounts fill in the detail: a 2023 kitchen gut with a wall removed between kitchen and living room finished in about a month and a half; a 2023 bathroom whose missing venting, flies and smells were diagnosed and fixed along with old plumbing and a widened entryway; a 2024 bathroom added to an 1840s house to prepare it for sale, with the owner helped to control costs; and a same-day visit in 2024 with a 3D kitchen draft in hand. Two names recur. Charles is described as a skilled carpenter who keeps jobs on schedule and offers honest opinions on which ideas will work, and Samantha, the project manager, is thanked repeatedly for being reachable and answering endless questions. The tile setter, Manny, is singled out in 2023 and 2024 reviews as an artist. Reviewers also mention the team coordinating the plumber, electrician and waste removal, and recommending where to buy materials. Two women homeowners wrote in 2023 that they felt safe with the crew in the house, and a 2024 reviewer valued having a female project manager. Angi reviewers from 2023 describe larger jobs, including a walkout basement rebuilt after mold and asbestos remediation and a remodel of three bathrooms, two bedrooms and a laundry room. The written record is almost uniformly positive: Google shows 5 stars from 33 ratings, Thumbtack 4.7 from 30, HomeAdvisor 4.9 from 7 and Houzz 5.0 from 1. The one softer note is a December 2024 four-star review that mentions a small misunderstanding at the end of the job, which the reviewer says A-Z worked through with them. For a Boston or North Shore homeowner planning a bathroom or kitchen gut, an added bath, or a basement build-out, this is a well-documented choice; ask up front how change orders and end-of-job adjustments are handled, and confirm who your day-to-day project manager will be.