Jason R Gates Construction

The biggest job on file isn't a kitchen or a deck — it's a $3 million, five-unit residential building with an underground garage at 158 Winthrop Rd in Brookline, permitted from 2018 and signed off with certificates of occupancy in 2020. Jason R Gates works out of 9 Judick Street in Shrewsbury, and the seven permits on record read like a builder's résumé rather than a home-improvement one: that Brookline building, masonry cut-and-point and emergency repairs in Boston and Brighton between 2021 and 2023, a Brookline sprinkler system, and an egress replacement in Worcester back in 2013. The work sits in and around Boston, not in the town where the business is registered. His Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is active in the state registry under his own name. BuildZoom separately lists a Massachusetts construction supervisor licence, CS-079117 — though the same page shows that number both as active and, elsewhere, as having been cancelled at one point, and shows an earlier home improvement number, 122709, as cancelled. Those are the directory's records, not verified status, and worth asking him to walk you through. No customer has written a review anywhere that's turned up, so there's nothing from a past client about schedule, communication, or how the punch list closed. If you're planning structural or multi-unit work, or you need masonry repointing on a city building, the permit history is genuinely relevant experience. For a straightforward home remodel, ask what a typical residential job looks like for him — and ask for recent references, since the paper trail is all this shows.