Michael R Kehn

Seventeen permits, no reviews. Michael R Kehn works out of 243 Green St in Marblehead, and what exists of his public trail is the town's own building department: kitchen and bath gut-jobs, additions, dormers, and the kind of exterior work that has to clear a historic commission before a single nail goes in. The permit trail is where the shape of the business shows. BuildZoom's profile lists 17 permitted residential projects around Marblehead — kitchen and bath remodels, additions and historic-district exterior work — with a typical permit value near $67,000. That is a mid-size renovation outfit doing whole rooms, not a handyman filling odd jobs. He's listed as a member of the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce, which fits a builder whose work is essentially all in one town. What's missing is the customer voice. BuildZoom has received no reviews for him at all, and nothing else surfaced from homeowners who hired him — so there is no rating here, and none should be inferred from the permit count. Permits say a builder pulls work and closes it out with the town; they say nothing about how the job felt to live through. On credentials, be careful with what you read online. BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts construction supervisor licence and a home improvement contractor registration for him, but those are the directory's own listings, not something confirmed against the state. Ask him for both numbers and check them yourself with the Department of Public Safety and the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation before you sign anything. BuildZoom also prints a Newton city registration as "Active" while flagging it unverified with a December 2022 expiration, and shows the same number under two different licence types — a good reminder that directory licence data is not a credential. If you have a Marblehead house with historic-district review ahead of you, he's a plausible call: the permit history shows repeated work under historic board approvals and architect-drawn plans. Just go in knowing you'll be doing the reference work yourself — ask for three recent homeowners you can call, and verify the licences at the source.