Coelho Contracting, Inc.

Forty-four permitted projects in Brookline, Malden, Somerville, Cambridge and Newton — that is the trail Coelho Contracting has left around the inner suburbs, and BuildZoom's own score puts the Medford company in the top 1% of the 139,240 Massachusetts contractors it ranks. Karla Coelho is president of the company, incorporated in 2002 and running with two employees, per its Better Business Bureau profile, which grades it A+ and puts it at 24 years in business. The work is renovation of the whole house: its site lists roofing, painting, carpentry, and kitchen and bathroom remodeling, and says it specializes in environmentally friendly materials. Its Houzz profile carries that through — green building and historic building conservation alongside additions and extensions, custom cabinets, countertops, vanities and flooring. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #170590, is active on the state registry. BuildZoom also lists a construction supervisor licence, #CS-105760, and a lead-safe renovation contractor licence, #LR003148; check both against the state register yourself, since lead-safe certification is the one that matters on an older painted house. Coelho suits an older home around Medford that needs an addition or a gut kitchen or bath — work where permits, cabinetry and historic detail all land on the same crew. Before you sign, ask which of those 44 permitted jobs most resembles yours and whether you can see it or speak to that homeowner, and pin down which trades get subcontracted and who runs the site day to day.