JAD Builders

Call JAD Builders about a sagging railing, built-in shelving, or a stuck cabinet door, and the same thing keeps happening in the reviews: Jimmy Donato answers directly, shows up, and gets the small job right. The Middleborough company works the South Shore — its own site names towns from Weymouth to Plymouth to Randolph — and BBB puts its time in business at 41 years, with James "Jimmy" Donato the name homeowners describe dealing with directly on site. The written record runs from 2011 to 2019 across HomeAdvisor and BBB, and it leans toward exactly the scale of work a homeowner calls a carpenter for rather than a full gut renovation. A 2019 review describes a small railing repair finished exactly as agreed, at a reasonable price; a 2012 review credits the crew with fitting a floating hardwood floor over an uneven concrete slab, and another 2012 review describes refinishing a flooded basement on budget and on schedule. BBB reviewers separately credit the company with a floor repair and a bathroom remodel. HomeAdvisor backs it with a 4.7-star average across 58 ratings, and BBB has held the company at an A+ grade since accrediting it in 2009. One account is worth asking about directly: a 2012 review said a set of sliding closet doors was installed poorly and fell the next day, narrowly missing one of the customer's children. It stands alone against an otherwise consistent run of five-star jobs, but it's a real complaint about the actual work, not a scheduling gripe. Most of the detailed reviews here are also a decade or more old, so it's worth asking what current turnaround and crew size look like. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is active on the state registry. For finish carpentry, repairs, and smaller additions on the South Shore, the track record here is a solid one — just confirm current scheduling and crew before locking in a start date.