Major Window Installation

The name says windows, and Brian Major's crew does install them — 29 on one Magna Road job, 23 on another on Prospect Street. But the permits filed under Major Window Installation run wider than that: bathroom and kitchen remodels, decks, a three-season room, vinyl siding, a reroof, new structural porch columns, and a garage storage space converted to living space. It is a small outfit at 21 Lexington Ave in Methuen — three employees on its BBB listing, which dates the business to 2011 — and the work stays close to home. Twelve of the fourteen permits on file are in Methuen itself, with single jobs in Westford and Arlington. One of the fourteen is a commercial interior fit-out on Hampshire Road; the rest are houses. Two things are worth raising on the call. The permits on file run from 2008 to 2022, so ask what the crew has been building lately and for a couple of addresses from the last year or two. And BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #134277, for the business — take that number and look it up on the state's Consumer Affairs register yourself. For a window and door package on a Methuen-area house, this is a shop that does exactly that job and can handle the siding, trim and framing work around it. Ask for proof of liability and workers' compensation insurance, and get the scope in writing before the first payment.