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Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Ethier Home Improvement. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$23,000 – $35,000
Typical remodeling project around $29,000
One recent customer needed a basement turned into a mother-in-law suite and found James online. They said he helped them design a livable space where an elderly person could live comfortably, and that he personally did the work rather than handing it off to a subcontractor. A recent customer said James and crew did the front porch remodel, their third project with him. A recent reviewer described Jim as honest, reliable and knowledgeable about any project. In a 2025 review, a customer said they hired the company to install vinyl siding on a rental property and were pleased with the entire process. In a 2026 review, a woman wrote that her late mother paid a $400 deposit for gutters that were never put on the house, and that the deposit was never refunded. That 2026 reviewer also said he broke tile while working on her bathroom and never came back to fix it, and that he had done a lot of good work at her house. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, number 202972, is active on the state registry, with James Ethier jr. as the holder of record.
Honest and reliable. Jim does beautiful work at a great price. He’s extremely knowledgeable about any project you want done.
James and crew did a great job on our front porch remodel. This is the 3rd project with him and I highly recommend him.
We needed to turn our basement into a mother in law suite and found James online. He helped us design a livable space that would allow an elderly person to live comfortably. He personally did the work and didn’t just hand it off to another subcontractor. We will be using this service for more projects .
I'm leaving my personal experience review regarding this contractor he is a rip-off and a liar he took money from my mother was supposed to put gutters on her home she gave him a $400 deposit had to get rushed to the hospital and he was still on the job doing the work and then months went by he never came back to fix it and never refund her money and she passed away that's besides the point I am the daughter trying to recoup the money back because we own the house now and we need to do work on the house and try to fix the gutters and he refuses to pay us back the money that she gave she gave a $400 deposit which we never seen any gutters put on the house and he's been ignoring my messages for months he also did work on my bathroom and broke it tile and said he was going to come back and fix it and never did I have a contract with him and everything another lie he told us to check was in the mail that was last year think twice before hiring him he did a lot of good work at my house and then he turns around and tries to rip me off I'm very surprised because he does good work just like all the other contractors they all read from the same book you can't trust any of them
We hired them to install vinyl siding on our rental property. We were very pleased with the entire process. Definitely use them again !
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