Arana Contracting is a family-owned handyman and general-contracting outfit in Everett, MA, run by William Arana and covering a wide range: carpentry, drywall, painting, siding, tile, masonry, and general remodeling. The company's own site says it has done residential handyman work in Everett since 2015, though it also claims 18 years in business — and the Better Business Bureau, which grades it A but lists it as not accredited, has the company registered as starting in December 2023. Those numbers don't line up, so it's worth asking directly how long William Arana has actually been doing this kind of work locally.
The written record itself stretches back further than any of those figures. In a 2020 review, a customer described two separate roofing jobs done about a year apart — "on time, polite, efficient, high quality work, fairly priced." Jobs from 2022 and 2024 tell a similar story: repairing and painting a ceiling, replacing drop-ceiling panels and a garbage disposal, and, in a 2024 review, pulling out old kitchen cabinets, patching the walls, and mounting new cabinets and a dishwasher, with the reviewer specifically praising daily progress updates.
The one recent account cuts the other way. In a September 2026 review, a customer describes a hardwood-floor installation that went wrong: after the final payment, the last board came up uneven, then two more began lifting, and repeated texts asking Arana to come look went unanswered. It's the only current review on file, and it's a complaint about the finished work itself, not just scheduling — worth raising directly before signing off on a floor job.
Across Angi and HomeAdvisor, the company shows 4.8 stars from 18 ratings (about 94% five-star, one one-star), and lists Spanish as a language spoken. For carpentry, roofing, drywall or general repairs, the older written record backs up steady, fairly priced work — but given the one unresolved floor complaint and the tenure discrepancies, it's worth confirming current availability and getting a clear answer on follow-up if something needs fixing after the job is done.
