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Advanced Basement Finishing, Inc. is a Swampscott, Massachusetts general contractor that specializes in exactly what its name says — finishing basements — with six permits pulled in Medway during 2025 for basement-finishing projects running around $32,500 each. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor license, number 140838, has been expired since November 2015 and was still showing expired as of July 2026 — more than a decade of operating without an active registration, despite continuing to pull permits for substantial jobs. The one review on file, from February 2022, is serious: the customer says they paid Ted Grab, the owner, in full before the basement-finishing job was completed, and that he "took the money and ran." Given the lapsed license and the payment-in-full-before-completion allegation, anyone considering this company should confirm licensing status directly with the state and avoid paying the full balance until the work is actually done.
Room finishing We made the mistake of paying Ted Grab (Advanced Basement Finishing Swampscott, MA) the complete balance for the project before it was completed….He took the money and ran. Steer clear of this business.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Advanced Basement Finishing, Inc. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Estimated range
$23,000 – $35,000
Typical remodeling project around $29,000
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