Melvin S. Shapiro

Melvin S. Shapiro plumbs out of 74 Shelton Rd in Swampscott, trading alongside Shelton Plumbing Co Inc, and the fact that matters most is the licence: the Massachusetts registry shows his plumber licence, 7035-PL-M, as expired. BuildZoom's listing carries the same number marked active, but its own note gives an expiration date of May 2024 that has already gone by, and the directory is not a verification either way — the registry is. BuildZoom also holds a Massachusetts home improvement contractor record, #126903, as inactive and at one point cancelled, and scores him 0 for exactly this reason: it cannot confirm an active licence. What the permits show is a working plumber with a Boston-side book. Sixteen permitted projects, mostly in Dorchester, Roxbury, West Roxbury, Hyde Park and Mattapan rather than on the North Shore where he is based. Before calling, check the licence directly with the Massachusetts Division of Occupational Licensure and ask whether the registration has been renewed — a plumbing permit will not be pulled on an expired one.