Keith E Rhodes

Keith E Rhodes is a Swampscott plumber whose Massachusetts plumbing license (#11433-PL-M) is currently registry-verified active. But the public record also carries a serious mark: in 2015, Mass.gov reported that Rhodes pled guilty in Essex Superior Court to seven counts of larceny by embezzlement and seven counts of failing to pay prevailing wages, alongside a co-defendant. Permit records tied to Rhodes show real plumbing work over the years: gas-line permits for cook stoves at a Salem multifamily building in 2018, a basement boiler installation in Salem in 2020, and a $47,000 plumbing fit-out for an urgent care clinic in Newton Highlands in 2015. BuildZoom's own listing is confusing on the license itself — it notes the plumber license expiring in May 2024 and shows two related Newton contractor licenses under the same number as inactive and at one point cancelled, which doesn't match the state registry's current active status. Worth confirming directly with the state board, and asking about the 2015 case, before hiring. There's no customer review history on file here, so the license, the permits, and that 2015 record are what's verifiable — get the license situation squared away in writing before signing anything.