Cherkas Home Improvement
Local business · 831 Beacon St #208, Newton Centre, MA 02459, USA
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- MA HIC licenseVerified active
- A+ BBB rating
- 1 review in the last 6 monthsNo negatives
- 3 customer photosOf completed work
Highlights
- Google reputation — 22 ratings, a flat five stars
- BBB grade — A+ from the Better Business Bureau
- Verified license — Massachusetts HIC registration active
- Recent painting job — reviewer praised the crew's cleanup and professionalism
- No BBB accreditation — despite carrying an A+ grade
- Thin third-party reviews — several directories list zero ratings
Newton Centre's Cherkas Home Improvement built its reputation on the jobs too small for a general contractor to bother with — a rotting deck board, a door that won't latch, a room that needs a fresh coat of paint. The company describes itself as Greater Boston's handyman service since 1999, pulling together a rotating bench of carpenters, painters, and other tradespeople rather than running one single trade. On Google, the 22 ratings sit at a flat five stars, and the most recent one, from a homeowner who found the company through a neighbor, singles out two painters for being thorough and for cleaning up after themselves — not the kind of detail people bother mentioning unless it stood out. That's a small sample to lean on for a company that says it's been around this long, but a few years of reviews and a couple of directory mentions point the same direction: tradespeople people were glad they called. The Better Business Bureau backs that up with an A+ grade, though the company has never applied for BBB accreditation, and Massachusetts confirms its Home Improvement Contractor registration is active. The BBB file also puts a different license number on record under a separate state board and dates the company to 2003 rather than 1999 — a minor discrepancy worth a passing question, not a red flag. Outside Google, though, there isn't much to check against: directory pages on Opendi, MyLocalServices, and Judy's Book all show zero reviews, so almost everything known about how the actual work goes comes from one source. Cherkas Home Improvement reads as a reasonable call for the odds-and-ends list — carpentry, painting, window and siding repairs — rather than a full remodel, and its Newton Centre Chamber of Commerce membership and remodeling-association affiliation back a small, established local operation rather than a large outfit. Worth asking for one or two recent local references before committing to anything bigger than a single repair, given how much of its record sits in one place.
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- 5.0Apr 23, 2026
I reached out to Cherkas Home Improvement after getting a great review of them from my neighbors, and I’m glad I did. They responded quickly and came out to evaluate the project, making the whole process easy from the start. We were able to schedule the work at a time that worked well for us, which I really appreciated. Once the job began, both painters on the job were incredibly respectful and professional. I was impressed not only by the quality of their work, but also by the diligence they showed in completing everything thoroughly and cleaning up afterward. I’ll definitely be reaching out to Cherkas again for any future home improvement projects.
— Craig SorensenView on Google Reviews ↗ - 5.0Jul 20, 2025
Cherkas Home Improvement did an excellent job replacing red cedar shingles on my house. The finished product is exactly what I wanted. I highly recommend them and will use them on future projects.
— PD BedrosianView on Google Reviews ↗ - 5.0Jun 17, 2025
We have worked with Phil on off for a few years. We just moved and had an enormous amount of work needed done in our new home. Weeks worth of replacement and renovation. We contacted Phil! EVERYTHING is perfect as was everyone Phil sent. This is an amazing company. He and his crew are so professional, friendly and competent to a fault. You will never go wrong hiring Phil Cherkas!
— Lois ClaysonView on Google Reviews ↗ - 5.0Feb 10, 2025
I needed a new door with a key pad installed at my office. The building is older, so Cherkas Home Improvement had to reframe it before installing the door. The finished product looks great and I couldn't be happier with the way things turned out, would highly recommend!
— John MulvaneyView on Google Reviews ↗ - 5.0Jan 16, 2025
Highly recommended! For what started out as a "simple" replacement of a failing 1950s tiled tub surround in our pre-1900 small house, Phil juggled multiple visits by the painter, carpenter, plumber, and tile installer and also found us a quickly available roofer when his crew discovered a potential leak in our rubber roof into the bathroom ceiling. The job took many more weeks than we (and Phil) had hoped, partly due to a long wait for (almost) matching tile. But we were very, very glad we went with Cherkas rather than trying to find and schedule subcontractors ourselves. Everyone came when promised, did an excellent job quickly, and left the site very clean. FYI, they also all made friends with our nervous rescue dog, even though he greeted them every time with loud yelps! --Alice Ingerson, Beacon Street, Waban
— Alice IngersonView on Google Reviews ↗
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Added 11 new comments, added 38 new photos, verified active license, established rating 4.1
- confirmed against the state license registry
- behind the score: No BBB accreditation — despite carrying an A+ grade