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Assabet Home Improvement is a Marlborough general contractor and roofer that BBB traces back to 1970, incorporated in 1993, and run by the Shepard family — David J. Shepard as owner and Sean M. Shepard as president; the company also trades as Assabet Roofing. BBB lists roofing, siding, gutters, windows, decks, finish carpentry, small additions and general contracting among its services, and gives it an A+ grade, though it isn't a BBB-accredited business. An online account describes a re-roofing job that didn't go the way an earlier job with the same team had: roofing nails were found scattered around the property during and after construction, and the family felt poorly treated compared with the decent service they remembered from before. Worth asking directly what cleanup and site-protection steps the crew commits to on a roof tear-off. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is currently expired, per the state registry — worth confirming current licensing status before signing a contract.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Assabet Home Improvement. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$23,000 – $35,000
Typical remodeling project around $29,000
“My father had these 2 brothers do work for him before, so when he thought to get his roof re-done, he called Assabet back thinking he would get the same decent service again. My father was wrong, and our family was basically treated like jerks. Before the job was done, we found roofing nails all around our home for days during construction and for weeks to come.”
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Detailed workmanship5.0
On-time framing4.8
Finish carpentry4.7
Porch built to match the house2.9
Project planning4.0
