Christopher H Castner

Christopher Castner works out of 5 Bonad Rd in Marblehead, and the permit trail is the solid thing here: 25 permitted projects on BuildZoom, 13 of them in the last three years, at a typical value around $85,700. The descriptions run heavily to Marblehead additions, kitchen and bathroom renovations and roofline changes, and the page blurb claims more than a decade of experience serving Marblehead, Salem and Swampscott. Thirteen permits in three years at that value describes a builder who is actually working, not a dormant registration. What no one has supplied is the other half — BuildZoom has received no reviews for him at all, so there is no customer rating and no account of how a Castner job actually runs, holds schedule, or finishes. The licence block on that page needs untangling before anyone leans on it. BuildZoom prints two different Massachusetts home improvement contractor numbers: #189280, shown active with an issue date of 4 February 2026, and #139998, shown inactive with a Consumer Affairs status the directory describes as at one point cancelled. It also states it verified the active one "as of January 2026" — before the issue date printed on the same line. A construction supervisor licence, CS-086561, is shown active and verified as of July 2026, and two Newton city registrations appear as active while simultaneously flagged "License Not Verified" with December 2022 expirations. None of it has been checked against the Massachusetts registry here. For an addition or a kitchen in Marblehead, a recent and local permit history counts for more than a directory blurb does. Before signing, ask him directly which registration number is current and verify it on the state's own site, and ask for two or three addresses from the last three years — with nothing published from past clients, references are the only account of his work you are going to get.