Brian Aucella Carpentry, Home Remodeling, & Maintenance

A custom oak ladder, built in the customer's own garage rather than a workshop, hand-grips cut into it for safety. That April 2013 review — which also covers built-in bookcases, a wainscoted window seat, two rebuilt fireplace mantels and a walk-in closet — is the clearest picture of what Brian Aucella actually does. He runs a two-person sole proprietorship out of Revere that BBB records as starting on 1 January 2000. The written record is 17 reviews averaging 4.9, and it is all old: it runs April 2013 to June 2019, with nothing since. Within that window it is consistent. A July 2016 customer described a deck project where the quality of the initial assessment stood out; a July 2018 reviewer said she got the deck she had been picturing. In a May 2016 review, a homeowner whose finished basement had been ruined by winter water damage said he walked her through flooring options against her budget, put Pergo in the main room and cheaper vinyl tile in the storage area to save money, and boxed in two awkward support poles on his last day. A June 2019 customer had crumbling front stairs rebuilt and said his steer on materials and budget was the best part. Cleanup, punctuality and fair pricing come up again and again across those years. The lowest score on file, a four-star from May 2019, still praised how the moldings were matched. Two things to sort out before calling. The Angi blurb states the business is 'Fully Licensed, Insured, and BBB ACCREDITED!' — but BBB's own profile says it is not a BBB-accredited business, while separately grading it A+. And the same Angi page gives two different tenures, 45 years in its highlights and '25 plus years' in its blurb, against BBB's 26. The trade licence 177568 shown on Angi, expiring 09/15/2026, is self-reported there, not registry-confirmed. If you want finish carpentry — built-ins, stairs, doors, trim, a deck — this is a carpenter customers kept rehiring, on the strength of a record that stops in 2019. Ask for references from the last couple of years, and get the licence, insurance and BBB status confirmed in writing rather than from the listing.