J Lester Mac Laughlin & Co

J Lester Mac Laughlin & Co is an Everett, MA plumbing and heating shop that BBB says has been operating since 1929 — a decades-deep run for an 8-employee local company. Reviews are scarce: the only one on file is a five-star rating from 2017, in which a longtime customer said their family had used the company for years and praised its prompt, rapid service. Google shows that same single five-star rating and nothing more recent to weigh against it. BuildZoom lists an active Massachusetts sheet metal license and a pipefitter master license for the company, plus a plumbing business license and a plumber registration it hasn't independently verified. Three older pipefitter and sprinkler-contractor licenses on the same profile are now listed inactive — worth asking about if sprinkler work or specialty pipefitting is part of the job. BBB shows the business as not accredited and not customer-rated, with no complaints on file either. With decades in the neighborhood and nothing negative on record, it's a reasonable call for routine Everett-area plumbing and heating work — just confirm current licensing for the specific job and get a written quote, since there isn't much of a review trail to lean on.