Marine Home Improvement Inc

Marine Home Improvement is a Hanover-based roofing and siding contractor run by owner Michel Trankels (called Mike, Michael, or Mikel across different reviews), and the volume of detailed, specific accounts — 4.9 stars from 120 Google ratings and 4.7 from 244 on Angi — is hard to ignore either way you read it. Most of the record is strongly positive and specific: reviewers describe complete roof replacements finished in a single day, a three-floor colonial resided from rotted original wood to Hardie board with 18 new windows, and a gazebo reshingled in red cedar. In a 2023 review, one customer described Trankels personally helping navigate city zoning complications during a back porch demolition and rebuild. A local realtor team named the company their go-to contractor for client referrals, and another contracting firm subcontracted them for a roofing job near a client's home. Several reviewers describe using the company multiple times over the years and referring friends and family. The Massachusetts home improvement contractor license tied to this business is registry-verified but currently expired. The company's BBB profile carries an A+ accredited rating. The record isn't uniform, though, and the concerns are specific enough to take seriously. In a 2019 Angi review, a customer described improperly flashed chimneys and dormers, a crew that didn't speak English, and the business skipping a required permit and asbestos test for the town. A separate 2019 Angi review described a Hardiplank siding job that began failing within a month, the owner declining to fix it, reported litigation from that customer and a neighbor, and an allegation — unverified here — that the owner and his staff had written most of the positive reviews themselves. Two 2018 Angi reviews describe a job left unsupervised after the deposit was paid with debris left behind, and a cedar-shingle siding job where the wrong shingles were delivered three times before the owner replaced the installation crew and corrected the work, though the timeline stretched to about six weeks. For a straightforward roof or siding replacement, the overwhelming majority of the written record — spanning 2021 through 2025 — points to a responsive owner and a clean, on-time crew. Given the license status and the older complaint cluster, it's worth confirming current licensing and getting a firm, written scope of work before signing on for a larger or more unusual project.