Mark W. Quigley General Contracting

Mark W. Quigley General Contracting is a Newton-based carpentry and general contracting business that specializes in additions, whole-house renovations, and historic home restoration. Mark Quigley says he founded the company in 1986 after more than a decade in the trade, though the Better Business Bureau's own listing puts the founding earlier, in 1977, as a sole proprietorship — the two accounts of how long it's been running don't agree. Thirty-four Google and Houzz reviews from 2021 through early 2026 are unanimously five stars, and the specifics repeat across very different projects rather than sounding interchangeable: a 300-year-old house where Mark found a roof leak two prior roofers had missed, an attic converted into two bedrooms and a full bath, a three-season sunporch rebuilt into a four-season room with a new foundation and mini-splits, and a frozen-pipe emergency where a fast estimate kept the insurance timeline moving. Several reviewers describe coming back to him over years or decades — one family calls itself a customer for 25+ years across five separate projects. The company's Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is active. Houzz lists it with a 4.9-star rating, Pella Certified Contractor status, REMODELING Big50 recognition, and several Houzz Awards and Badges — credentials Houzz itself tracks, not independently verified here. Its BBB profile, by contrast, is not rated and not accredited. For a Newton-area homeowner with an older or historic home — the kind of project with structural surprises — this is a contractor reviewers keep calling back for project after project; confirm current scheduling and get a written estimate before booking.