Hunter Building and General Contracting

Hunter Building and General Contracting, doing business as LAB Construction, is a Hanson-based design-build outfit run by Robert (Bobby) Hunter, offering custom home building, additions, ADUs, and kitchen, basement and whole-home renovations. The business says it's been operating since 1992, with locations in Franklin and Hanson. Its current Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, issued December 2025, is active and verified against the state registry, and BuildZoom also lists an active Newton Residential Builder license under the same owner; an earlier HIC registration under a different number now shows inactive. BuildZoom's permit-history profile lists 24 permitted projects over the years, spanning South Shore towns including Cohasset, Norwell, Scituate, Milton, Randolph, Braintree and Hanover, with two pulled in the past two years. The BBB carries an A+ grade for the business, though it isn't an accredited member there. For a custom build, addition, or whole-home renovation around Hanson or Franklin, the permit history and active registration are the concrete things to check going in — worth asking directly about recent, completed jobs for a fuller picture of the work.