Cardoso Construction

Forty-four building permits and not one customer review — that is the whole shape of Cardoso Construction's public trail. The Dorchester business, listed under Simao Cardoso at 15 Greenbrier Street, turns up in permit records the way a working two- and three-family renovator does: gut kitchens and baths, porch rebuilds, and at least one ground-up three-family, spread across Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury, Milton and Quincy. BuildZoom scores that history at 91. What is absent is the homeowner's half of the story. BuildZoom's page for them carries the permit list and the score, but it says plainly that no reviews have ever been posted there, and nothing written by anyone who actually hired them turned up anywhere else. No rating is given here for that reason. One licensing detail is worth raising before you call. The Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration held under the Cardoso Construction name, number 177516, is expired in the state registry. BuildZoom separately lists a newer home improvement contractor registration, 187518, dated May 2026, plus a construction supervisor licence and a building official listing for Simao Cardoso — those are the directory's own entries, not something confirmed against the state. If you are weighing them for a multi-family renovation, the permit history behind them is real and reasonably deep. Ask for the current registration number and check it yourself with the Office of Consumer Affairs, and ask for references directly, since there are none to read online.