GF Sprague and Company LLC

GF Sprague and Company works out of 45 Kearney Road in Needham, doing exterior work across the Boston area — roofing above all, plus chimneys, gutters, siding, windows and historic restoration. Roof leaks are what people come to them for and what they get credited with solving. Reviewers describe them as the company that finally fixed a leak others could not, and the work drawing the most detailed praise is the technical end of the trade: slate roofs, copper gutters and chimney flashing. The recent record is strong and specific. In a July 2026 review a homeowner described an urgent job where the technician came out quickly and sealed a roof opening from the inside after plumbers had run new piping through it. A June 2026 customer who collected three estimates for a rubber porch roof and a reshingle chose GF Sprague when it matched the lowest bid, and praised communication before, during and after the job along with the crew's cleanup. In May 2026 another had two skylights replaced in a single day, expedited ahead of a vacation, and in March 2026 a reviewer said the technician arrived exactly when promised and cleared the ice off the roof while explaining each step. Best Pick Reports rates them 4.8 out of 5 across 419 ratings, and the Better Business Bureau lists them as accredited with an A+ grade. The consistent counterweight is price. Reviewers describe the company as the highest-priced option they considered and warn about overages and hidden costs landing on top of the estimate — repeated often enough to read as a pattern rather than a one-off. A second thread is internal coordination: reviewers report the salesperson and the project manager not passing job details to each other, difficulty getting itemised costs, and follow-ups that go unanswered. One reviewer said the work was not completed properly and would not recommend them for a roof. There is also a safety record worth knowing about. A database of U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records reports an OSHA inspection of GF Sprague and Company Inc. opened in May 2009 that resulted in four citations and $2,640 in proposed penalties. Ownership has changed too: an August 2023 announcement from the bank that advised the sale reported that Infinity Home Services acquired GF Sprague & Company, so the firm now sits inside a larger exterior-services group. The right call for a difficult or high-value roof — slate, copper, a leak nobody else has solved — where getting it right once matters more than the lowest bid. Get the estimate itemised in writing, ask what happens if the crew finds more than expected, and confirm who your single point of contact is before work starts.