Brian Miller
Local business · 100 Andrew St, Newton, MA
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- MA csl licenseVerified active
- Not rated by the BBB
Highlights
- Construction supervisor licence — CS-117962 active on the state register
- Marblehead job — $83,000 windows and siding permit, February 2024
- Structural scope — licensed for work involving structural elements
- No reviews at all — nothing written by anyone who hired him
- Contradictory licence page — the directory calls one number both cancelled and active
- Thin permit history — five permits, scattered across five towns
- Registration to confirm — ask which HIC number is current
Brian Miller works out of Newton Upper Falls, and his Massachusetts construction supervisor licence — CS-117962, held under Brian J Miller — is active on the state register. That licence is the part of his record that stands up cleanly, and for structural work it is the one that matters. Everything else is thin. He lists kitchen, bathroom, basement and whole-home remodels and additions, but the permits behind that list are few: porch decking and handrail replacements in Taunton and Holbrook, a Westford electrical permit, and one job that dwarfs the rest — an $83,000 windows-and-siding permit at 1 Briar Lane in Marblehead, issued in February 2024. Not one customer has written about him. No reviews on any source checked, so there is no rating here at all — nothing weighed and found wanting, simply nothing to weigh. One thing to raise directly. BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration for him, number 198625, as inactive after being cancelled — and then, further down the same page, states he "currently holds" that number as active. The site contradicts itself, so take neither version on faith. The practical move: ask him which home improvement contractor registration number is current, check it yourself against the state's Consumer Affairs register, and ask for the Marblehead reference and one or two others. With nothing written about the work anywhere, references are the only way to see it.
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- confirmed against the state license registry
What does carpentry work cost in Greater Boston?
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Brian Miller. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
A typical single-level deck is 12×16 — about 200 sq ft.
Estimated range
$7,750 – $14,500
Typical carpentry project around $11,100