Macgregor Building & Remodeling, Inc

MacGregor Building & Remodeling is a Marlborough outfit run by Len MacGregor, and what stands out is the permit trail rather than the review pile: 23 permitted projects logged on BuildZoom across Beverly, Framingham, Wellesley Hills, Weston and Newtonville between 2010 and 2016, alongside 41 project photos. The written customer account is short and dated. Two Angi reviews, both from March 2018, both five stars: one called them "a professional skilled carpenter and very neat," the other "knowledgeable builders who are prompt, courteous, diligent and meticulous." Careful and tidy is the note both strike. The company describes itself as family-owned and full-service — additions, kitchens, baths, basements, windows, siding and decks — with Houzz putting typical jobs between $5,000 and $300,000. BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration (#118545) and a construction supervisor licence (#CS-052723) for the company, and Houzz lists an HIC/RRP credential and a lead-safe claim. Those are directory records rather than state verifications, so check them yourself. The two sources also disagree on tenure: Angi's profile says 33 years of experience, while the company's own blurb says 25. Worth a call for a MetroWest addition or a whole-room renovation, particularly if you want a builder whose permit history you can look up yourself. Before signing, get the current CSL and HIC numbers and verify them with the state, and ask for references from jobs finished in the last two or three years, since the written account of their work runs to 2018.