John M Cataldo

The file on John M Cataldo is permits, not praise. BuildZoom shows eight building permits for the Winthrop contractor dated 2008 through 2016, and they cluster on one thing: bathrooms and kitchens. Several are repeat visits to the same Brookline address on Longwood Ave for bathroom and kitchen renovations. The biggest job on the list is a 2011 Peabody permit valued at $160,000 — a garage with a family room above it, plus a farmer's porch on the same property. The most recent is a 2016 Somerville renovation of a first-floor bathroom and kitchen, valued at $30,000. BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts construction supervisor licence, CS-092621, and says it verified that licence as active in July 2026. That is the directory's own entry, not a registry check, so ask for the number and confirm it with the state. Two things temper all of this. The permit sample ends in 2016, and BuildZoom's profile carries no customer reviews — nothing about how any of those jobs actually went for the homeowners. The permits show someone who has handled full room renovations and a sizable addition; what they cannot show is whether the work was good or whether he is still doing it. Ask what he has built since 2016, and for two or three references from those jobs, before you go further.