Alexander Remodeling Services

Alexander Remodeling Services is a Waltham general contractor that reviewers keep hiring back for the same kind of job: fixing or replacing a deck. In a 2017 review, one homeowner said a previous contractor's deck teardown had gone wrong before Gerald Alexander came in on time and at a fair price to finish a small deck project, and in a 2012 review another described a full deck restoration on a structure that had been in bad shape. The company, run by owner Gerald Alexander for the past 16 years, also takes on bigger jobs — in a 2017 review, one client credited the company with helping steer an entire house flip from the start, including cost decisions, and in a 2021 review another said a full bathroom renovation and a switch to composite decking and rails came out to a high standard. The written record is thin and dated: the five reviews on file run from 2012 to 2021, and none is more recent. What is there is consistently positive — professional, on time, and, as one reviewer put it, someone who "does not cut corners." The company holds a Better Business Bureau A+ rating (it is not BBB-accredited), and a lead carpenter has stayed on as site supervisor for more than four years, according to his own professional profile. Before booking, it's worth checking current licensing directly: BuildZoom lists an active Massachusetts home improvement contractor license, #200747, for the company, but also shows two earlier license numbers now inactive or cancelled. Separately, Angi's aggregate shows a 0.0-star rating from its one review, even though that review's own text is a positive recommendation — worth going by the actual review rather than the star count. This looks like a reasonable call for a deck project or a mid-size remodel in the Waltham area, given the fair-pricing and reliability comments — just confirm the license is current and ask when the crew last handled a project of your scope, since the newest review on file is from 2021.