Kates Construction

A sunroom in Hingham, a front entryway in Scituate, a garage extension, and a laundry room and hallway redesigned together — those are the four projects Kates Construction puts in front of homeowners on Houzz. The company works out of 17A Spring St in Cohasset and covers Cohasset, Hingham, Scituate and Norwell, remodeling and building houses under the Houzz handle brian-kates. Its published menu runs from whole-home remodeling and new construction to kitchen and bathroom work, additions, decks and flooring installation. Houzz lists licence number 98105 for the company, along with a Certainteed certification for siding products; the company also lists an Angie's List A rating and a 2013 Angie's List Top Service Provider award. One number is worth pinning down early: the typical job cost it advertises runs from $2,000 to $200,000, a span wide enough to cover a single room or an entire build. Ask where your project lands inside that range, and ask to see licence 98105 in writing before anyone starts. For a South Shore homeowner planning an addition, a sunroom, or a reworked entry or laundry space, this is a shop set up for that scale of job. Get the scope and the price written down, and ask which of the four projects on its Houzz page most resembles yours — and who ran it.