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McKay Services LLC is a small Pembroke, Massachusetts operation that neighbours turn to for handyman and carpentry work, and almost everything known about it comes from one neighbour rather than from the business itself. The substantive signal is a Nextdoor recommendation posted in April 2026 on a South Shore thread where a homeowner in Plympton was looking for a carpenter to build screens and screen in a small back deck. A neighbour in Pembroke replied that "McKay Services does many jobs like this" and described the work as "reliable, honest, and meticulous", giving the company's phone number. That is a specific, unprompted, local recommendation for the exact kind of job it names — but it is one voice, and it describes character rather than a project the writer walks you through. The company publishes very little about itself. Its own domain resolves to an almost empty branded page carrying the name and the tagline "Your Trusted Real Estate Partner", a contact form and a mailing-list signup — no services list, no address, no licence number and no statement of how long it has been trading. Notably, the only trade the site names is real estate, not the carpentry and handyman work the recommendation is about. There are no customer reviews on any platform, no Google Business Profile the pipeline could confidently resolve, no Better Business Bureau file, and no Massachusetts licence record on file for this row. None of that is evidence against the business — a small owner-operated outfit often has no web footprint at all — but it does mean there is nothing here to corroborate scope, pricing, scheduling, insurance or finish quality. If you are on the South Shore and want a handyman or small carpentry job done, this is a genuine local recommendation worth a call. Before hiring, ask directly which trades the owner actually performs, whether he holds a Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration for the work you need, and ask for references from recent jobs — the public record does not answer any of those questions for you.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from McKay Services LLC. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
A typical single-level deck is 12×16 — about 200 sq ft.
Estimated range
$7,750 – $14,500
Typical carpentry project around $11,100
“McKay Services does many jobs like this. Reliable, honest, and meticulous work! 781-336-3966”
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Established rating 3.4
Small jobs accepted4.3
Custom cabinetry4.3