Anchor Chimney Sweeps

Anchor Chimney Sweeps is Dennis Lizotte's chimney business in Millville, Massachusetts — a sole proprietorship the Better Business Bureau lists as started 8/1/2006, handling cleanings, inspections, caps, relining, rebuilds and repointing. The written accounts run from 2013 to 2020. A June 2015 customer described an arrival at the scheduled time, a look at the other flues while the crew was there, no attempt to upsell, and the house left cleaner than they found it. A few weeks earlier, in May 2015, another wrote that they were prompt and courteous and took the time to explain the project to someone who knew nothing about chimneys. The complaints are just as specific. A 2013 BuildZoom reviewer said Lizotte never installed what he was supposed to install on the chimney and that rust stains ended up across the roof. A 2016 Angi reviewer called the service horrible and the owner rude. And in June 2020, a customer whose job went well still warned that prices came in on the higher end and not as advertised over the phone, advising anyone booking to get a firm quote in writing first. The registration picture needs a phone call. The BBB page cites Massachusetts licence #153751; BuildZoom lists that same number among five Massachusetts and Rhode Island registrations for the business and shows it as inactive, alongside two Rhode Island entries whose expiration dates — June 2024 and December 2012 — have passed. For a straightforward sweep and inspection around Millville, this is a long-running local operator whose 2015 customers described careful, unhurried visits. Before committing to anything bigger — a reline, a rebuild, a new cap — get the price in writing, ask which Massachusetts registration is current, and have the parts being installed spelled out on the invoice.