J & I Construction, Inc.

One line from the state registry is nearly all there is to go on here, and it is the line that matters: the Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration held under this exact company name, number 171642, has expired. In Massachusetts that registration is what a contractor is supposed to hold to do residential home improvement work, so a lapsed one belongs in the conversation before anything gets signed. An expiry is an administrative lapse, not a finding against the company — registrations lapse and get renewed all the time. Past that, nothing else surfaced about this Rockland company. No reviews, no customer accounts, no listing with any real detail. That is not a mark against the work; it means there is nothing yet to judge it by. If they are on your list, ask straight out whether the registration has been renewed, take the number and check it against the state registry yourself, and ask for the addresses of recent jobs along with the references to go with them.