JR Builders Inc

JR Builders Inc is a Lawrence, Massachusetts general contractor that's spent three decades putting up custom homes across the Merrimack Valley and into southern New Hampshire. Founded in 1995 by Lawrence R. Palmisano, a civil engineer who says he's a licensed Builder and Remodeler in the state, the company works out of Methuen and lists Lawrence, Hooksett, Salem, and Methuen as its territory. The clearest documentation of its work is in Methuen's building permits: fifteen single-family homes pulled through the town, most of them new-construction spec houses on Cooper Lane, part of what gives it a BuildZoom score of 90. No customer reviews turn up anywhere — what's here is permits and projects, not testimonials. Worth knowing before calling: a Massachusetts Superior Court case from 2003, Buckley v. JR Builders, found the company liable after a spec house it built in Windham, NH developed foundation cracks that let water into the basement, with damages ultimately assessed against the company. That's a two-decade-old dispute, not a recent pattern, but it's the one documented complaint on record. More recently, a 2024 news story named Palmisano as the developer behind a 24-home subdivision the Haverhill City Council approved, with plans to donate open space to the city — a sign the company is still actively developing. With so little written by past customers, it's worth asking directly about the foundation issue from the Buckley case and confirming the company's Massachusetts registration yourself — BuildZoom lists an active home improvement contractor registration for them, but it isn't independently verified here.