Head Above Builders LLC

Head Above Builders is Nolan Murphy's one-person Haverhill LLC, incorporated in May 2015, and its permit trail runs bigger than its size suggests: a whole-house gut renovation, bathroom builds, siding and window replacement around Haverhill, and a roughly $171,000 garage-and-mudroom addition over in Middleton. The few people who have written about the work liked it. Two reviews sit on BuildZoom, both five stars, and the BBB grades the business A+ though it is not accredited. Two reviews is a thin base to judge anything by, and neither is recent. The reason to pause is the registration. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, number 196880, is expired — that comes straight from the state registry, not a directory's guess. It ran out on October 2, 2025 and was still expired when rechecked in 2026, which is why BuildZoom flags the profile and scores it zero. In Massachusetts that registration is what gives a homeowner access to the Guaranty Fund if a residential job goes wrong, so working with an unregistered contractor removes that backstop. If the additions and gut renovations in the permit record are the kind of work you need, ask Murphy directly whether the registration has been renewed and get the current number to check against the state yourself, along with proof of liability and workers' compensation coverage. On a project of that size, settle the paperwork before anything else.