Essex Seamless Gutters INC.

Essex Seamless Gutters is a Peabody family business that's been fabricating aluminum and copper gutters, downspouts, and related fascia and siding work across the North Shore since 1986 — founded by Doug Ferguson Sr. and now run by his sons Doug Jr. and Andy. All 13 reviews on file, spanning 2022 through mid-2025, are five stars, and several point to the same thing: a crew that actually diagnoses the water problem rather than just hanging pipe. The clearest example is a 2022 review describing a house that had never had gutters — the owner Andy traced the customer's basement dampness to the missing gutters, then installed them with long spouts routed away from the foundation; the reviewer said the damp walls stopped after the install. A 2023 review described being talked through whether gutter guards were actually needed rather than upsold on them, on a street where the reviewer said the difference in installation quality was visible against newer houses. A 2025 review described a competitive quote and a team that answered prep-work questions before the job started. Other 2022 reviews describe new gutters and fascia board work, and one customer who checked back in said the gutters were still working as intended eight years after the original install. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is currently listed as expired on the state registry, even though its BBB profile — which lists the company as established for 40 years — carries an A+ grade with no complaints on file. Given the license status, it's worth confirming the registration is current before signing a contract — otherwise this looks like a long-running, well-regarded family shop that customers come back to for gutter problems bigger than a routine cleaning.