Don Foote Contracting is a design/build remodeling firm at 38 Montvale Avenue in Stoneham, Massachusetts, working across Greater Boston — Winchester, Newton, Weston, Brookline, Wellesley, Cambridge, Belmont, Dedham, Medford, Lexington, Concord and Arlington are the towns it names. It holds Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration 168138, verified active in the state registry under Don Foote Contracting LLC. Don Foote runs it with an in-house team — a designer, a detail coordinator, an estimator and four project managers — and the carpentry is done by the company's own employees rather than subcontracted out.
The work is high-end remodeling, custom cabinetry, fine carpentry and historic building conservation, and the firm carries a Guildmaster Award, a Qualified Remodeler 'quality leader' listing and eleven Houzz awards, with 36 projects posted across Winchester, Cambridge, Brookline and Concord. Its Houzz rating is 4.9 from 41 ratings, scoring 5.0 on both work quality and communication.
The theme customers return to is that the schedule holds. A October 2022 client who had kitchen, baths and central air done said the team stayed right on schedule; a March 2022 homeowner's kitchen and dining room renovation, including all custom cabinets, finished on time. In an October 2016 review, a family who moved out during an extensive Cape addition — family room, three-season room, master suite and an extra garage stall — reported the final timelines were met without alteration even after unanticipated delays, and said neighbours remarked on how courteous the crew was.
Pricing is where the record is more nuanced. In November 2016, a customer who talked to five contractors said Don Foote's estimate landed in the middle-to-high end of the quotes, but that the detail in the pricing showed a thorough understanding of the job, there were no surprise costs, and change orders were priced fairly. A July 2019 client renovating a condo said the budgeting held no surprises and praised Don's knowledge of historic buildings — and noted he met the condo association himself to explain a design choice needing approval. Houzz's own value sub-score, 4.0, sits a full point below work quality: this is not the cheap option.
The cabinetry gets independent corroboration: in March 2016 the painting contractor who finishes the cabinets said Don Foote makes first-rate custom work and had watched the quality over many years.
One caveat on the written record — the newest posted account dates from October 2022, and ten of the twelve are older still. They are real and consistent, but not current, so ask for references from the last year or two.
Good fit for a design-led kitchen, bath or whole-floor renovation, an addition, or period-home work where cabinetry and carpentry detail matter and you want one firm carrying the schedule.