AC General Contracting Inc.

AC General Contracting works out of 485 Massachusetts Ave in Cambridge, a three-person design-build shop that takes both commercial and residential jobs — its Houzz galleries run from a gym and a college cafe to kitchens, bathrooms and a West Newton deck, with quoted job sizes anywhere from $2,000 to $3 million. How long it has been at it depends on who you ask. Its BBB file says the corporation was formed on 1 January 2012, fourteen years ago; its Houzz page says the firm has served the construction industry since 2000. Worth clearing up on a first call, along with its Massachusetts home improvement registration, which is not verified here. The BBB grades it A+ and publishes no complaints against the file, though the company is not BBB accredited. Beyond that there is nothing from customers: neither BBB nor Houzz carries a single review. For a Cambridge-area remodel this is a firm with a real address, a real portfolio and no written word from anyone who hired it. Ask for recent client references and go see a finished job before you sign.