Creative Design Carpentry

Creative Design Carpentry works out of 257 Atlantic Ave in Swampscott, and what it puts forward is the fine-woodwork end of the trade: its Houzz page lists architectural woodwork, classic restorations and custom stairs alongside kitchens and bathrooms. The permit trail is short but shows the range. BuildZoom has two pulled jobs on file — a $23,800 kitchen remodel in Malden in 2022 with cabinets and counters replaced, and a $110,000 siding replacement on a Somerville house in 2016. Glendon Soares and Sabato Pagliuca are named as the owners. Neither BuildZoom nor Houzz carries a customer review for them, so there is nothing here from the homeowners who actually hired them. BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration as active, along with two older numbers it marks cancelled — those are the directory's own records, not confirmations from the state. For a stair rebuild, built-ins, or a kitchen where the cabinetry is the point, this is a plausible shop to call. Ask to see finished work in person, take the registration number and check it against the state's own site, and ask for references from jobs inside the last year or two.