Michael Handrahan Remodeling, Inc

Michael Handrahan Remodeling has worked out of Hingham since 1980, and the clearest thing about it is how long its customers stay. Reviewers writing in 2014 and 2015 described twenty-plus-year relationships with owner Mike and project manager Mitch, and one wrote in 2017 that the family had first hired the company 28 years earlier. It is a nine-person corporation, BBB Accredited since 2007 and carrying an A+ grade there. Building-permit records catalogue about 290 jobs, roughly 34 of them in the last three years, with a typical permit value near $31,500 — mostly kitchen remodels and additions, which matches the kitchen design, cabinet installation and custom millwork BBB lists as its services. The praise is specific. A designer wrote in 2015 that the crew turned her historic Greek Revival two-family into a single-family home that was later featured in Traditional Home, and that they complete punch lists and don't make false promises. A 2015 kitchen client named the whole team and said the job finished on time. A 2014 reviewer described the front facade — siding, windows and doors — redone meticulously and inside the estimated timeframe. One account runs hard the other way. A homeowner writing in August 2017 called a whole-house renovation a disaster: structurally incorrect materials, architectural plans not followed, roughly six months behind schedule, over budget without warning, and a legal settlement in their favour, with a foundation leak plus plumbing and electrical problems still being fixed afterwards. That reviewer also said the founder had retired and that quality and professionalism had slipped since. The other thing to weigh is the age of the written history: all thirteen reviews across Houzz and BuildZoom were written between 2014 and 2017, while the permit record shows the company still pulling work through 2025. BuildZoom lists a Construction Supervisor licence and four other Massachusetts licences for the company, and says the licence was active when it last checked — that is BuildZoom's record of it. This is a sensible call for a Hingham-area kitchen or addition where a long local track record and settled subcontractor relationships matter. Before signing, ask for references from jobs finished in the last two years, ask who runs the project day to day now that the founder has stepped back, and confirm the construction supervisor licence and home improvement registration directly with the state.