Avatar Construction, Inc.

Avatar Construction is a Watertown-based design-build general contractor led by Nazar Vincent. The company says it has been building since 1999, with more than 25 years in commercial design-build, and it describes its focus as multifamily residential, mixed-use commercial, and healthcare projects in the $5 million to $50 million range across Greater Boston and southern New Hampshire. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor license 186739 is verified active, and its Houzz profile lists a construction supervisor license, NAHB membership, and Energy Star partner status. The people who leave reviews are mostly developers, business owners, and custom-home clients rather than small-job homeowners, and they praise the same things: an integrated design-budget-build process, clear communication from Nazar, and projects that land on schedule and on estimate. A January 2026 client on a large commercial and mixed-use project called the project management flawless, and two March 2026 custom-home clients said the firm stayed true to their design, budget, and timeline. In 2023, a salon owner in Boston wrote that Kevin's estimate held with no cost overruns, a medical office owner thanked the team for the finished facility, and a Brookline owner described a full renovation of an old three-family into mixed use. Warranty follow-through comes up too: in June 2026, two buyers of Avatar-built homes said project manager Liu resolved post-purchase and just-out-of-warranty plumbing issues promptly. There are serious things to ask about before hiring. In October 2024 the Massachusetts Attorney General's office announced that Avatar Construction paid more than $320,000 to the Commonwealth to resolve allegations of false claims and prevailing wage theft, tied to workers allegedly underpaid on five municipal projects in Cambridge, Lawrence, Saugus, and Watertown by the company and a subcontractor. Separately, a July 2022 local news report said the building inspector issued a work stoppage order that May on a home at 231 Orchard Street in Watertown after finding incorrect setbacks and an extra story, and an r/boston thread from the same week said the property was owned by Avatar's principal and called it a contractor problem rather than a zoning one. Google also carries one one-star review from September 2025 that says only "Not good!" with no detail. The written history is recent and deep on Google, with 23 reviews from 2021 through 2026 and a 4.8 average from 35 ratings, plus a 4.7 from 11 ratings on Houzz. Avatar is set up for owners of larger commercial, multifamily, and custom-home projects who want one firm handling design through construction. Ask directly how the wage settlement and the 2022 stop-work order were resolved, and get the compliance and permitting responsibilities spelled out in the contract.