L5 Restoration LLC

A December 2024 Bay State Banner profile called L5 Restoration the first Black woman-owned restoration business in the Commonwealth, and described its owner, Altavise Chinn, as on "a mission to restore the world — one building at a time." That article, and the Massachusetts sites that reposted it, is the only outside coverage this Holyoke company has. Its own description runs wider than a remodeler's: interior and exterior restoration, historic preservation, remodeling, deck repair, painting and flooring, with a team the company credits with more than 20 years in the restoration trade. Its Angi profile tells a shorter, narrower story — five years of experience, and a services list of assembly, home organizing, painting and wallpaper. Which of those two descriptions matches the work it takes on today is worth asking on the first call. The other thing to know is that no customer has written about a job yet. Angi marks the company as new there and on HomeAdvisor, with no reviews on the page. So this is an early-customer call. If what you need is restoration or preservation work — the part of the trade the company points itself at — ask for addresses of recent jobs and references you can phone, pin down which service list is current, and get a certificate of insurance before anyone starts.