Jeffrey A Smalley

One written review, and it is five years old — but it is a specific one. In December 2020 a homeowner described Jeff and his partner Tom turning an unfinished basement into finished space, calling the work efficient and high quality at a reasonable price with a quick turnaround, and the man himself professional, punctual and willing to answer questions. That single account sits on top of a longer paper trail. BuildZoom counts nine permitted projects for the Lynn contractor between 2011 and 2022 — bathroom and kitchen remodels, replacement windows, decks, and one $200,000 addition — spread across Danvers, Topsfield, Manchester, Beverly, Peabody and Nahant. It is North Shore residential work, the kind of job where one carpenter runs the whole thing from demolition to trim. On licensing, be precise about what is actually known. BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #178448, which it says it verified as active in March 2026, and separately shows an older Massachusetts HIC registration, #100515, that it reports as having been cancelled. Those are a directory's records rather than the state's, so ask him for his current registration number and check it yourself with the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation before signing anything. He is a sensible call for a basement build-out, a bathroom, or a window-and-deck job on the North Shore. The written history of his work runs to 2020 and no further, so ask for references from the last year or two rather than leaning on what has been published.