Bay State Drywall Co Inc

Bay State Drywall Co Inc is a drywall company in East Freetown, MA. The company says Jose Soares and Manuel Sousa started it in 1979 with one service, drywall installation, and that within a few years it became "a general contractor's go-to firm for all things structural." It reports 47 years in business. On Procore Construction Network it lists wood framing, rough carpentry, gypsum board, EIFS, insulation, and air and weather barriers among its services. Its Better Business Bureau grade is A+, and on Google it holds 2.5 stars from 8 ratings. In a 2022 Google review, a customer wrote that they hired Baystate when they built their home in 1991, and that after a ceiling leak it was discovered the ceilings were installed with no strapping. The customer wrote that the ceilings are now failing in all rooms, that the repair is going to cost thousands, and that reaching out to Baystate for help brought no response. A 2025 Google review complained about a white panel van doing around 90MPH at 5:15am on Interstate 195W in the Providence area. In 2021, another Google review said: "Slow down!!! You're not driving a formula 1 car! It's a van!" An OSHA inspection of the company, listed in U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records, resulted in 3 citations.