Highland Home and Garden, LLC

Highland Home and Garden is a Holliston general contractor built around one carpenter, Michael Andrade, who says he's a third-generation carpenter who started framing in 1999 before launching this business around 2020. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor license is active with the state registry, and Mike is named directly, and praised directly, in nearly every review on file — for work ranging from custom sheds and hand-built Finnish saunas to full kitchen and bathroom remodels. The reviews cluster in bursts rather than a steady stream — several from the company's first year in 2020-21, another cluster in mid-2023, and a run of luxury-remodel reviews from spring through fall 2025 — which tracks with a business built mostly on referrals rather than a constant flow of online leads. In a 2021 review, a customer described a 10x12 shed built for a Hopkinton property and called Mike's team knowledgeable and dependable, and another 2021 review described a custom outdoor sauna designed exactly to the customer's spec. A 2023 review said Mike did an amazing job finishing a basement, and a 2025 review described a master bathroom remodel completed on contract, on schedule and at the quoted cost, with subcontracted plumbing, electrical and tile work the reviewer called some of the best they'd seen. There's no negative account in the written record for this company — the lowest of the 25 reviews is a brief four-star note from 2023 calling it 'great quality.' Given how much of the work comes through referrals, availability may depend on when you catch Mike between projects. For a high-end remodel, a custom outdoor structure, or specialty carpentry like a built-in sauna, it's a strong call — Mike is hands-on through the whole project, so ask directly about his current timeline before you commit to a start date.