Jp Murphy Carpentry

Jp Murphy Carpentry is a one-name carpentry shop on Groveland Street in Haverhill, run by John Murphy, taking on doors and windows, deck repair, framing, cabinets and general carpentry work. The public trail is almost bare. BuildZoom carries the listing but has no customer reviews and no permit projects attached to the name, and its scoring gives the company a zero — the score it assigns when it cannot confirm an active license. That licensing history is the thing to raise before you hire. BuildZoom shows a Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #168510, that expired on 28 February 2015 and which it re-checked and still found expired in April 2026, alongside a second inactive registration, #157228, both flagged as having been cancelled at some point. Registration matters for homeowners: it is what gets you access to the state's Guaranty Fund if a job goes wrong. If you are considering them, ask directly about current registration and insurance and check the status yourself with the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation before any money changes hands. Ask for a few recent local references too — with no reviews on file anywhere, word of mouth is what you have to go on.