J. Martinoli & Sons Building and Remodeling

J. Martinoli & Sons is a Haverhill remodeling company with roots the family traces back to 1932, now run by Jay Martinoli and his sons doing additions, kitchen and bathroom renovations, decks, garages and carpentry across the Merrimack Valley and into southern New Hampshire. The Better Business Bureau lists it at an A+ grade as a small sole proprietorship, and its Houzz profile — separate from the handful of Google reviews — carries a 5.0-star rating across 23 reviews. The written accounts on file describe real craftsmanship rather than generic praise. A 2026 review calls a deck build "impeccable," with attention to detail exceeding what the homeowner expected. Two reviews from 2025 describe bathroom renovations, both crediting "Jay and his crew" for skilled, professional work with fair pricing. Public permit history tied to the same Haverhill address and owner backs this up with real project detail: 50 permitted jobs over the years, recent ones including kitchen cabinet-and-counter replacements, master and basement bathroom renovations, tub-to-shower conversions, attic and basement finishing, and a porch-to-half-bath conversion, spread across Haverhill, Methuen, Groveland, Middleton and Merrimac. On credentials, Houzz and BuildZoom both list two active Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registrations and an active Construction Supervisor license under this business, alongside an EPA lead-safe renovator certification held since 2009 and a spray-foam applicator certification — none of these are independently verified against the state registry here, so they're the directories' and the company's own claims rather than something confirmed directly. An older Home Improvement Contractor registration under the same name is listed as inactive, described as having been cancelled at some point, though the two current registrations suggest the business re-registered rather than went unlicensed. One detail worth a quick question: the company's own site has at times described itself as fourth-generation, while its Houzz profile calls it third-generation — a small discrepancy in how far back the family tradition is counted, though not one that changes what the reviews and permit history actually show about the work. For a kitchen, bathroom, deck or addition project in the Merrimack Valley, the reviews, the permit history, and the family's long tenure in the area all point in the same direction: a small, hands-on outfit that's been doing this specific kind of work in this specific area for a long time.