David Potter

The striking thing about David Potter is the shape of his history: ten permitted projects on file, and not one customer review on either site that lists him. He works out of Swampscott, and his Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration — 186669 — is active and held in his own name. BuildZoom's permit history for him runs 2017 to 2024 across Beverly, Salem, Danvers, Haverhill and Rowley, mostly new-build and renovation work, and the site scores him 97, which it places above 82% of the Massachusetts contractors it tracks. BuildZoom separately lists a construction supervisor license, CS-110452; that number is the directory's, not the state's. Two things to raise on a first call. On Houzz the business trades as Dave Potter Homes and describes itself as buying, fixing up or building homes and then selling them — a developer's framing rather than a hired remodeler's, so confirm he takes on work on a homeowner's own house before going further. And since both directories say they have no reviews for him, ask for references from those recent permitted jobs. For a substantial North Shore project he is a plausible call, with an active registration and a documented permit trail behind him. Just do the reference-checking that customer reviews would normally do for you.