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Cape Cod Builders Inc., the Bourne company hired by the town to renovate a cottage for employee housing in Truro, instead demolished it over the weekend of Oct. 5-6 without consulting local officials or the town's engineers, per provincetownindependent.org. Thomas Pappas of Cape Cod Builders, Inc. withdrew from a contract with the town in January after Pappas was arrested by Truro police at the work site in December, per provincetownindependent.org. The town selected Cape Cod Builders Inc., the contractor that submitted the lowest bid, to do the job, per provincetownindependent.org. A crew from Cape Cod Builders Inc. demolished a house on the town-owned lot at 25 South Highland Road, per provincetownindependent.org. Thomas Pappas of Bourne, owner of Cape Cod Builders, Inc., agreed to pay $15,000 in restitution and $2,000 in fines to settle a claim that they failed to pay the proper prevailing wage, per wickedlocal.com. Cape Cod Builders, Inc. brought an action against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management seeking to reverse its denial of the company's application for recertification as a general contractor, per exa.ai. Cape Cod Builders Inc holds a BBB A+ grade.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages β not a quote from Cape Cod Builders Inc. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$23,000 β $35,000
Typical remodeling project around $29,000
βThe townβs contractor for the project, Thomas Pappas of Cape Cod Builders, Inc., now legally called Pappas Industries, withdrew from a contract with the town in January after Pappas was arrested by Truro police at the work site in December.β
βBut those plans went sideways in October, when Cape Cod Builders Inc., the Bourne company hired to prepare infrastructure for the cottages and renovate one of them, instead demolished that cottage.β
βTRURO β Cape Cod Builders Inc., the Bourne company hired by the town to renovate a cottage for employee housing, instead demolished it sometime over the weekend of Oct. 5-6 without consulting local officials or the townβs engineers.β
βLast week, a crew from Cape Cod Builders Inc., which won a construction contract with the town in June, demolished a house on the town-owned lot at 25 South Highland Roadβ
βThe town has now selected Cape Cod Builders Inc., the contractor that submitted the lowest bid, to do the job, though the contract with the company is still under review, Dept. of Public Works Director Jarrod Cabral said Monday.β
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