JAZ BUILDING AND REMODELING

JAZ Building and Remodeling works out of 4 Minute Man Drive in Bedford and describes itself as a home improvement and handyman business — remodeling, carpentry, exterior repair and property management — across Metro Boston, naming Lexington, Concord, Waltham, Newton, Burlington, Cambridge, Brookline and six more towns it covers. The company says 20 years in the trade; its BBB profile dates the business to August 2010 and carries an A+ letter grade without accreditation. One thing to settle first: the company's Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, number 171006, is expired on the state registry under its own name. For remodeling work in Massachusetts that registration is the thing to ask about before signing anything — check whether it has been renewed. Beyond that, ask for two recent projects close to yours and the names of the people who will actually be on site.