Leo Rabello (LR) Contracting

LR Contracting is a Woburn general contractor that Massachusetts homeowners have leaned on since at least 1999, run by owner Leonardo Rabello and licensed under the company name (Massachusetts HIC registration #198888, active). BuildZoom counts 18 permitted projects tied to the business over that span. The work reviewers describe again and again is lead-safe renovation: on Houzz, three of four detailed reviews are about de-leading and lead-certified work in older homes. One owner hired the company for lead abatement on their own house in 2020, and another brought LR in back in 2014 as a lead-certified contractor to renovate a 1911 tenement on Beacon Hill, with eight of the building's ten apartments now finished. A third reviewer, writing in 2017 about a 12-year relationship, credits the crew with replacing more than 25 windows, re-siding a three-family house and garage, repairing porches, and refinishing hardwood floors across two properties — a broader remodeling range than the lead work alone suggests. The company's own Houzz listing adds general contracting, kitchen and bath remodeling, and interior/exterior painting to that mix. Worth knowing before calling: the detailed written record is dated — the newest of the four Houzz reviews is from August 2020, and the other three are from 2017 — so the account above describes work from several years back rather than this year's crew. The company also carries a 4.8-star Houzz average across those same 4 reviews plus 2 Houzz Awards and 1 Houzz Badge, alongside a separate 4.7-star Google rating from 3 ratings. For a homeowner dealing with lead paint in an older Massachusetts property, or a general remodel that needs a licensed hand, LR Contracting has a real, if older, track record to point to — worth confirming current availability and getting a fresh reference given how much time has passed since the detailed reviews were written.