F & J Contracting, Inc.

The one checkable fact about F & J Contracting right now is an unflattering one: the Massachusetts registry carries home improvement contractor registration 169474 under the name F & J Contracting, and it is expired. That single line is the whole documented history of this Stoughton company. No customer has written about the work anywhere findable, so there is no rating here — not a low one, simply none, because there is nothing to weigh. Massachusetts does exempt interior-painting-only contractors from registering, so a painter without a registration is not automatically a problem. Letting one lapse is a different fact than never needing one, though, and it is the thing to raise first. Ask whether the registration has been renewed, get the current number, and confirm liability insurance in writing before anyone starts work — with nothing else on the public record, that paperwork is the only verification available to you.