Boggs Properties, LLC

The firmest thing on record here is the registration itself: Boggs Properties, LLC holds an active Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, 127233, in the company's own name rather than an individual's. Beyond that, the company's own two-page site is the whole story. It says it works out of Boston and offers four things — general contracting, landscaping, property management and real estate services — with a phone number and weekday hours of 7am to 5pm. That is a wide list for a small outfit. Call and ask which of the four is actually the day job, get a written scope, and ask for a certificate of insurance before committing to anything larger than a repair.