Howard Construction

Howard Construction works out of North Andover and pitches itself at the storm-week calls: roofs, gutters and downspouts, siding and general construction across greater Boston, with 24-hour emergency service and free roof inspections. The company says it was established in 1995 and describes about 30 years in the roofing trade; its About page states plainly that it is a "Minority-Owned Business" and "Identifies as Latino-owned," and it lists English and Spanish. The written record is small — three Google ratings, two of them with text, both five stars. What they have in common is repeat work rather than one-off jobs: a February 2025 reviewer wrote about working with the company "on many projects" and being happy with the finished product, and a 2022 reviewer called it a home improvement contractor with a high-quality finished product. A directory listing carries a customer describing Howard and his crew as consistent communicators worth hiring again. That is genuinely thin ground. Two written reviews cannot show how the company handles a job that goes wrong, and nothing here speaks to pricing, warranty terms, or how the emergency line performs after a storm. The site posts license numbers 181190 and CSSL-106129, which are the company's own figures rather than anything confirmed against the state registry — worth checking yourself at the Massachusetts registry before signing. If you're calling about a roof or gutters in greater Boston, ask for recent local references and get the scope, warranty and emergency-response terms in writing; the positive accounts are real but there are too few of them to lean on.