Kearns Contracting Inc

Kearns Contracting is a Cohasset general contractor run from 23 Elm Ct. BBB names James Kearns as president, records a start date of 1 January 2005 and four employees, files the business under construction services, and says it has too little information to issue a rating. The clearest picture of the work comes from permit history. BuildZoom carries two projects: a 2009 Cohasset building permit for a 16-by-28-foot two-storey addition with a deck, and a 2015 Springfield permit, reactivated in 2022, for repairs to an eight-family dwelling valued at about $1.63 million. The range therefore runs from a single-family addition to substantial multi-unit work. Licensing is worth checking before you hire. BuildZoom lists two Massachusetts home improvement contractor numbers for the company: 169846, shown as active as of March 2026, and 159682, shown as inactive and, on the same page, cancelled at one point. Those are directory listings rather than registry confirmations, and the BBB profile points to the Massachusetts Office of Public Safety and Inspections without publishing a number of its own. Ask which registration covers your project and verify it yourself. A veteran-owned business directory lists the company as a member since April 2010, Army, retired, and gives Patrick Nee as president — a different name from the James Kearns that BBB and BuildZoom both carry. BuildZoom also publishes a Westwood mail address and a second phone number alongside the Cohasset ones, a second registered address rather than a correction to the first. For a South Shore homeowner planning an addition, a renovation or multi-unit repair work, this is an established firm with real permit history behind it. Ask for recent comparable projects and references, confirm the active registration number, and check which address and phone number the contract is written against.