Greg Hale Plumbing & Heating

Six ratings, and every one of them five stars — that's the case Greg Hale Plumbing & Heating makes across Google and Angi. The business is listed at a Spring Street address in both Medford and Somerville depending on the source, and it says it has served Cambridge, Somerville, and Medford for decades — its own site and a business registry each claim close to fifty years, while the BBB pins the start date to January 1984, a 42-year run. The only review from the past six months, posted this spring, describes Gregory as prompt and thorough, someone who worked systematically and left the job "ship shape." The older reviews on Google and Angi tell a similar story: one customer called him back three times over two years and now treats him as a default plumber, and another credits him with laying out every repair option before fixing a furnace, radiators, and a run of leaky pipes. Across Google (4.8 from 6 ratings) and Angi (5.0 from 3), nobody has left a bad word. That clean record comes with a caveat — it rests on a small number of ratings for a business that says it has been around for decades, and only one of them landed in the last six months. The BBB gives it an A+ grade, but the business hasn't sought formal BBB accreditation. It also self-reports a Massachusetts trade license, #21646-PL-J, expiring May 2028, worth confirming is still active before booking. This reads like the contractor a Cambridge or Somerville homeowner calls for a dead boiler or a leaking pipe and expects to hear from again. Given how few reviews there are to go on, it's worth asking for a couple of current references alongside the license check.