Dickey Associates

Fourteen years in Milton, out of 134 Reedsdale Rd, with James L. Dickey Jr. managing — Dickey Associates is a general contractor whose permit history on BuildZoom runs through remodeling and kitchen work. Its own site covers residential and commercial construction, remodeling and carpentry, and names Brookline, Newton and Wellesley as the towns it works. Houzz lists the company as a design-build firm handling additions, kitchens, bathrooms, basements and home restoration, with two projects posted; the Better Business Bureau grades it A+, though it isn't BBB-accredited. One thing to settle before anything else: the state registry shows the company's home improvement contractor registration, #186424, as expired. Ask where that stands, ask which towns it is working in now, and get the scope, schedule and payment terms in writing before a deposit.