Lopes Carpentry & Associates

Lopes Carpentry & Associates is Guy Lopes' North Shore building company, launched in 2014, focused on high-end custom homes and architecturally driven renovations — additions, historic restoration, and boutique commercial and retail work. Its written reviews are few but pointed at the same thing: long relationships. In a 2019 review, a client who had hired the company on several projects over the years called Guy an upfront, consummate professional whose crew shows up and does what it says it will. A 2016 review describes a decade-plus relationship across numerous projects at the same property, calling the work hard-working, timely, and detail-oriented. That pattern of repeat business lines up with what its directory profiles show: Houzz and BuildZoom each display seven to eight completed projects, spanning custom home construction, additions, accessory dwelling units, kitchen and bathroom remodels, and commercial renovation work — restaurants, offices, retail spaces. A separate Procore profile lists a broader mix of finish carpentry, flooring, painting, and project-management services on both residential and commercial jobs. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #178237, is active on the state registry. The written record here is genuinely thin — just two reviews, both several years old — so the strongest evidence of quality is the volume of repeat and referred work shown across its project portfolios rather than a deep review history. Ask for recent references and photos of comparable work before committing to a larger project. This is a fit for a substantial custom build, addition, or architecturally involved renovation on the North Shore, not a small handyman-scale job — the portfolio and self-description both point toward bigger, more complex projects. Confirm current licensing and get a detailed scope and timeline in writing given the scale of the work this company typically takes on.