JL & Sons Contracting

JL & Sons Contracting is a small, licensed Somerville general contractor — Joel Luis holds an active Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration under the business — that has stayed mostly under the radar of review sites while building a real permit history: 20 permitted residential jobs since 2015, mostly renovations, additions and dormers around Somerville and Malden, ranging from a few thousand dollars up to a $400,000 project. There isn't much written record to go on yet — no reviews are on file with the Better Business Bureau or BuildZoom — but the one account that surfaces is a straightforward local endorsement: a 2024 Reddit post in r/Somerville calling JL & Sons a local guy who does good work and deals fairly. With ten years in business and a licensed, permitted track record but almost no public reviews, asking for a couple of direct references from recent jobs matters more than usual here before signing.