Mark W. Quigley General Contracting

Mark W. Quigley General Contracting has been working out of Newton since Mark Quigley started the company in 1986, after ten years already in home building and remodeling — and one client this year noted he'd just crossed 40 years in the trade mid-project. He runs it himself, taking on whole-house renovations, additions, kitchen and bath work, roofing, and restoration of older homes across Newton and nearby Boston-area towns. The clearest recent read comes from a growing family's full home renovation completed this February: Mark was on-site directing or doing the work himself, finished on time and on budget, and helped steer design and permitting decisions along the way. That kind of hands-on involvement echoes a longer pattern — 34 reviews spread across six different sites since 2021, with a tone that lands close to universally positive. The numbers back that up from multiple directions: five stars on Google from 86 ratings, 4.9 out of 5 on Houzz from 27 ratings, and matching 5-star tallies on independent sites like Porch and Ecohome. Houzz also lists him as a Pella Certified Contractor and a REMODELING Big50 award recipient, with six additional Houzz awards attached to the profile. His Massachusetts home-improvement-contractor license (102919) checks out as active in the state registry. One thing worth asking about before booking: the Better Business Bureau has no rating on file and lists the business as not accredited — there are no complaints logged there either, but that channel offers no independent read of its own. The BBB profile also puts the business's start date at 1977, roughly a decade before the 1986 founding Mark describes on his own site — worth a quick question if company history matters to you, though either way this is a contractor with decades behind him. For homeowners with an older or historic property who want the person running the job to actually be the one swinging the hammer, this is squarely the right kind of shop. Confirm current pricing and availability directly, since none of the sources here speak to cost.