Bob Apse Construction

Bob Apse Construction is a Reading, MA remodeling business — Houzz and BuildZoom describe kitchen, bathroom and whole-home remodeling work, plus decks, porches, masonry and exterior door installs, and BuildZoom's permit history shows eight jobs across towns north and west of Boston: kitchen and bathroom remodels in Somerville and Methuen, bathroom work in Billerica and Belmont, an interior renovation in Tewksbury, an 11-window replacement in Brookline, and kitchens in Woburn and Melrose. The only written review on file, from 2023, is a serious one. A homeowner says they paid $35,000 for an accessible-bathroom conversion — a walk-in shower, a relocated washer/dryer, plumbing work — that was left unfinished: the toilet and sink were never moved, a closet by the entry door wasn't removed as planned, the shower ended up with odd angles, and the room still wasn't handicapped-accessible. The reviewer says the contractor never offered to fix the work or return money for plumbing that was never done, and refused to show invoices from the plumbers involved. Licensing raises its own questions. BuildZoom shows no verifiable active Massachusetts contractor license for this business — several license numbers on file are listed inactive or previously cancelled, and a Newton registration that's printed 'Active' is simultaneously flagged 'License Not Verified' with an expiration date from December 2022, its number matching one of the cancelled entries elsewhere on the same profile. Between the one detailed complaint and the unresolved state of its licensing, this is a business to get in writing — contract terms, a payment schedule tied to inspected milestones, and proof of current, verifiable licensing — before handing over any money.