# Eldridge Construction, Inc. **Trade:** Handyman · **Address:** 3 Samoset Rd, East Sandwich, MA 02537 · **Phone:** (508) 789-5341 · **Languages:** English **Rating: 3.6/5** (low confidence) — from 0 reviews across 1 sources. A 0–5 star rating built from what customers and the public say (every review and mention weighted by where it was posted, how old, how detailed and how credible it is, shrunk toward a 3.5★ baseline when evidence is thin) plus what the record shows (Reddit recommendations or warnings, a registry-verified licence, how recently they were reviewed, customer work photos, BBB grade, negative news, a revoked licence). Positive record counts only as far as the reviews have earned it; penalties count in full. Confidence describes how much weighted evidence stands behind the number, never the number itself: low when fewer than about five normal reviews' worth of weight (or mentions only) support it, medium up to about twenty, high beyond that across at least two sources. An operator flag for a suspicious review pattern caps a rating at 3.5★ and marks it low. ## The honest read Eldridge Construction, Inc. is a home-improvement contractor based at 3 Samoset Road in East Sandwich, on the Upper Cape, trading publicly under the name Handyman Dan. Its Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration, number 212856, is verified active in the state registry and held of record in the name Eldridge Construction. The word-of-mouth record is real but slight. In June 2026 a commenter on r/CapeCod, answering a homeowner who wanted siding, window and front-step work done near Sandwich, put his name forward with his Instagram handle and described him as a local guy in Sandwich. That is a recommendation rather than an account of a finished job — nobody in this record has yet described the work itself. Beyond the registration and that recommendation, the only other pages on file are auto-generated directory listings rather than accounts written by anyone who hired the company. Worth asking about before booking: ask for recent local references and for the construction-supervisor licence number alongside the HIC registration, and confirm both against the state yourself. The verified HIC registration is a real credential — it means the business is registered to do residential home-improvement work in Massachusetts and that homeowners have access to the state's Guaranty Fund — but it is not a statement about the quality of any particular job. **Strengths:** - Verified HIC — registration 212856 active in the state registry - Local recommendation — named on r/CapeCod for Sandwich exterior work **Concerns:** - No job accounts — the recommendation describes no completed work **Where sources disagree:** - The state registry's holder of record reads 'Eldridge Construction' without the ', Inc.' suffix the business itself uses; the address and registration match, so this is a suffix variance rather than a different holder. - The business trades publicly as 'Handyman Dan'. A different Massachusetts contractor, Dan Carroll of Watertown, uses the same trading name — the two must not be conflated. - All three Exa-sourced pages (openingtimes.co and two BuildZoom listings) are generated directory text, not customer accounts — they should not be read as reviews or as evidence of volume. ## Claims & citations Every claim below is backed by real evidence rows — uncited claims are dropped in code before publication. - Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration 212856 is verified active in the state registry, held of record in the name Eldridge Construction. _(confidence: high)_ - [State License Registry](https://contractorhub.mass.gov/s/hic-contractor-search) — “MA hic license 212856 registry-verified active — registry holder of record: Eldridge Construction” - In June 2026 a Reddit commenter answering a request for exterior housework near Sandwich recommended Dan Eldridge, giving his Instagram handle and describing him as a local guy in Sandwich. _(confidence: medium)_ - [reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/CapeCod/comments/1u1c4al/looking_for_recommendations_for_exterior/oqqgc22/) — “r/CapeCod — Dan Eldridge. Handymandan\_\_ff on instagram. Local guy in Sandwich.” - The recommendation on record names the contractor but describes no completed job, and the remaining pages on file are auto-generated directory listings rather than customer accounts. _(confidence: medium)_ - [openingtimes.co](https://www.openingtimes.co/j-j-eldridge-construction-chatham-ma) — “openingtimes.co — directory listing for Eldridge Construction, Inc. (generated listing text, not a customer account)” - [buildzoom.com](https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/eldridge-construction-inc-sacramento) — “buildzoom.com — directory listing for Eldridge Construction, Inc. (generated listing text, not a customer account)” - [buildzoom.com](https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/eldridge-builders-inc) — “buildzoom.com — directory listing for Eldridge Construction, Inc. (generated listing text, not a customer account)” - [reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/CapeCod/comments/1u1c4al/looking_for_recommendations_for_exterior/oqqgc22/) — “r/CapeCod — Dan Eldridge. Handymandan\_\_ff on instagram. Local guy in Sandwich.” - One Reddit recommendation and a single verified state registration; no customer review of the work itself is on record. _(confidence: medium)_ - [State License Registry](https://contractorhub.mass.gov/s/hic-contractor-search) — “MA hic license 212856 registry-verified active — registry holder of record: Eldridge Construction” - [reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/CapeCod/comments/1u1c4al/looking_for_recommendations_for_exterior/oqqgc22/) — “r/CapeCod — Dan Eldridge. Handymandan\_\_ff on instagram. Local guy in Sandwich.” - Specializes in Handyman _(confidence: medium)_ - [State License Registry](https://contractorhub.mass.gov/s/hic-contractor-search) — “MA hic license 212856 registry-verified active — registry holder of record: Eldridge Construction” - [reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/CapeCod/comments/1u1c4al/looking_for_recommendations_for_exterior/oqqgc22/) — “r/CapeCod — Dan Eldridge. Handymandan\_\_ff on instagram. Local guy in Sandwich.” ## License Status: **active** (#212856, hic) — verified against the official MA state registry on 2026-08-20, never self-reported. Re-check at the official registry: https://contractorhub.mass.gov/s/hic-contractor-search ## Sources - [Exa](https://www.openingtimes.co/j-j-eldridge-construction-chatham-ma): 0 web mentions across the open web (each linked to its source) ## Mentions Unverified third-party mentions found on the open web — relay with attribution ("a Reddit commenter said…"), never as Tavlee's own finding. - “Dan Eldridge. Handymandan\_\_ff on instagram. Local guy in Sandwich.” — u/Nine-Fingers1996 in r/CapeCod (2026-06-09) — https://www.reddit.com/r/CapeCod/comments/1u1c4al/looking_for_recommendations_for_exterior/oqqgc22/ --- Data freshness: last scanned 2026-08-20T05:36:22.361Z. Cite as: Eldridge Construction, Inc. — Tavlee (https://tavlee.com/contractor/eldridge-construction-inc-sandwich) Source: https://tavlee.com/contractor/eldridge-construction-inc-sandwich