Essex Restoration Inc

Essex Restoration Inc is a Wilmington residential building and remodeling company that's been incorporated since April 1995 — 31 years — under the corporate name Devereux Enterprises Inc., with Walter Beebe-Center as president. A 2026 Google review calls it "one of your top tier construction companies for a higher end building and restoration" and praises its attention to detail. Reddit threads point the same direction from further back: in an April 2025 post, a homeowner described Essex helping restore their 1845 East Somerville house over several years, noting the owner trained at the North Bennet Street School and crediting the company with restoring the Abigail Adams birthplace; a June 2025 post described "trustworthy and high quality work" on a neighboring 1846 house, ranging from basic upkeep to high-end renovation. BuildZoom's profile logs 22 projects over the years — three in the past three years — at $150,000 to $380,000, including bathroom, kitchen and attic renovations across Brookline, Danvers, Topsfield, Cambridge, Newton, Somerville and Manchester. Worth confirming before calling: Houzz's profile self-lists the company as a licensed home improvement contractor, green remodeler and construction supervisor, but BuildZoom's own records show no active license on file and carry a quality alert over it. BBB gives the company an A+ grade, though it isn't BBB-accredited. Given the scale of these projects, verify current licensing directly and ask for recent references before signing anything.