Handy And Some LLC

Handy and Some is Sean Mindes's remodeling company, run out of Atkinson, New Hampshire, right on the Massachusetts line — and a good share of its portfolio sits on the other side of it, in Andover, Haverhill, Methuen and Newburyport. Kitchens and baths are the centre of the business, with additions, decks, basements and siding around them. The written history is genuinely deep for a small outfit: 29 accounts across five separate platforms, going back to 2017. Houzz puts it at 4.9 from 17, Thumbtack at 4.8 from 35, Angi and HomeAdvisor at 4.7 from 30 — and those last two are the same 30 shown twice, not 60. What stands out reading through them is not the star average but the crew: the same foremen and workers get named by different customers years apart, which is a harder thing to fake than a five-star rating. The part worth pausing on is how criticism gets handled. The lowest-rated account on file alleges the job was not finished as contracted and that the owner turned sarcastic when deficiencies were raised — and the company's public reply to it is openly mocking, at one point volunteering where the reviewer lives. A second review with no customer text at all drew a long public rebuttal accusing that customer of bad behaviour. Both replies are the company's own words, published on its own listings. Read them before you sign; they tell you more about a disagreement six months into a kitchen than any star rating will. The licence picture needs checking rather than trusting. BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration for the company under one number and calls it, in three different places on the same page, expired, inactive and cancelled — while also labelling that same number two different licence types. Houzz separately lists a Massachusetts construction supervisor number, which is a normal second credential rather than a contradiction. None of it was confirmed against the state registry here. The right call for a homeowner who wants one contractor coordinating subs on a kitchen, bath or addition, and who values a crew that stays put. Before booking, confirm both licence numbers directly with the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, get the scope and the punch-list in writing, and ask how change orders and defects are handled once the deposit is down.