Chet Dembowski & Son

Chet Dembowski & Son has been a Danvers name since 1985 — a father-and-son outfit whose Houzz page sits under cabinets and cabinetry, though the listed work runs the whole shell: additions, dormers, second levels, porches, windows and siding, staircases and built-in bookcases. What customers have written is scarce and old. A December 2014 reviewer said the crew started when it said it would and stayed on the job until completion, and called the work beautiful. On Boston Consumers' Checkbook, a commenter wrote that Chester Dembowski and his son run a terrific business. Two things to settle before calling. The account of how the company began — Chet starting it in 1985 after selling tools for Snap-On — appears on a Salem News obituary page for him, so ask who is running jobs now. And the licence number shown on Houzz, 055465, is the directory's entry, not something confirmed at the registry. Worth a call for a North Shore addition, dormer or kitchen if you can reach someone actively working. Ask for two or three recent jobs and the current registration, because nothing has been written about this crew's work in more than a decade.