East Coast General Contracting

East Coast General Contracting has almost no public track record for a company that says it has been building in New England since 1989 — the one thing a homeowner will find on Google is a single 1-star rating, with no written account of what went wrong. The Haverhill outfit works out of 286 Broadway and pitches itself broadly: general contracting, design-build, restoration, remodeling, building maintenance, and both residential and commercial construction, with the company putting its own tenure at 37 years. It is listed as a member of the Haverhill Chamber of Commerce. BuildZoom carries a profile for the company with a BuildZoom score of 101, 13 pulled permits, and a Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration numbered 148212; the company's own site likewise describes itself as licensed and HIC registered. Those are the directory's and the company's claims, not something confirmed against the state registry. The permit count is the most concrete outside trace of actual work here — 13 jobs on record with a building department, which is more than a paper company would have. What is missing is any customer voice attached to them: no BuildZoom reviews, and the lone Google score is the bottom of the scale. If you call them, treat this as a business you will have to vet yourself rather than one the internet has already vetted for you. Ask for the HIC registration number and check it against the state registry directly, ask for addresses of recent local projects you can look at or owners you can call, and get the scope and payment schedule in writing before any deposit changes hands. For a small repair the thin record may not matter much; for a whole-house remodel, references you can actually reach should come before the contract.