Hastings Carpentry

Hastings Carpentry is a Pembroke shop working the South Shore, and its clearest endorsement so far came from a neighbor rather than a review site: on Nextdoor this spring, a Duxbury poster answered a call for a contractor with "Mark Hastings is great!!" and a link to the company's site. The paperwork behind the name checks out. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, 204016, is active under Hastings Carpentry Corp, and construction supervisor licence CS-067634 is active under Mark E Hastings — the company and the individual who qualifies it, which is the normal shape for a carpentry outfit. Both numbers are printed on the company's own site, and both match what the state lists. The work it advertises spans the interior-and-exterior range: kitchens and bathrooms, decks and exterior work, windows and doors, living spaces and built-ins. Testimonials on its site name Mark as the person leading the crew on projects. One enthusiastic neighbor and two current state licences is a fair starting point rather than a long public history, so this is a shop to check out yourself rather than take on volume of praise. If you're on the South Shore and want a carpenter for a deck, a built-in, or a room that needs rebuilding, ask for addresses of recent jobs near you, and get the scope and payment schedule in writing before anyone starts.