L & J BUILDING AND REMODELING INC.

L & J Building and Remodeling is Joe DiPilato's shop, and the people who wrote about it tend to be people who hired him more than once. A 2018 Houzz reviewer wrote of hiring the company many times over the years, said crews showed up on time and stayed until the job was finished, and described Joe running the job from quote to finish. The written accounts are dated: three Houzz reviews from 2014 to 2018, plus a one-word five-star Google review in March 2024. What they describe is carpentry-led work. A 2014 customer remodeling a family room wanted a finished carpenter for a wall of wainscoting and wrote that Joe came over right away with a reasonable price. A second 2014 review covers exterior work and credits him with sorting out a roofline the homeowner was struggling to describe — he came back with a few ideas. The Houzz profile fills in the rest of the range: design and build, site work, frame to finish, general contracting, cabinet making and custom mill work, with lead-safe, OSHA and Cul-tec certifications listed. Testimonials on the company's own site describe a finished basement, replaced exterior trim, clapboard and decking, and a worn French door swapped out. Joseph DiPilato's Massachusetts construction supervisor licence, CS-065251, is active on the state registry, and Houzz lists the same number. One thing to straighten out before you call: Houzz shows the company at 11 Corbin Rd in Dudley with the phone number (508) 943-0488, while its Milford base is 33 Claflin St with a different number. This is the right kind of outfit for a carpenter-led remodel — trim, wainscoting, cabinetry, frame-to-finish work — where the owner is the one quoting and the one on site. Confirm which address and phone number actually reach him, and get the scope and price agreed before work starts.