Karales Home Improvement

Karales Home Improvement is a family-owned roofing, siding, window, and gutter contractor based in Quincy, Massachusetts, serving the South Shore since 1981. Owner Mike Karales and his crew handle asphalt shingle and rubber roofing, vinyl and fiber-cement siding, gutters, and window and door replacement for homeowners across Plymouth and Norfolk counties. The business holds several active Massachusetts contractor licenses, including a Home Improvement Contractor license and Construction Supervisor Specialty licenses covering roofing and windows/siding. The company's review record is unusually deep and consistent. Across 26 reviews spanning 2015 to 2026 on HomeAdvisor and BuildZoom, homeowners repeatedly single out Mike Karales by name for hands-on communication, fair and transparent pricing, and meticulous cleanup — several describe entire roof tear-offs and reinstalls completed in a single day with crews sweeping the property for stray nails before leaving. More than one reviewer who hired the company for siding returned later for a roof specifically because of the earlier experience. The business currently holds a 4.9-star rating from 92 reviews on HomeAdvisor and a BuildZoom Score of 106, placing it in the top 7% of Massachusetts contractors. One thing worth knowing: in a 2008 inspection, the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA cited Michael Karales DBA Karales Home Improvement 8 times, with $6,150 in proposed penalties. That inspection predates nearly all of the company's written reviews on file, and nothing in the review record since then — the earliest of which dates to 2015 — describes a similar safety concern. For South Shore homeowners planning a roof replacement, siding job, or window and gutter upgrade, Karales Home Improvement's long tenure, active licensing, and consistently detailed, positive feedback make it a strong option worth a direct conversation about current crew safety practices given the past OSHA record.