Michael Silva Carpentry & Remodeling

Michael Silva Carpentry & Remodeling is a Hyannis contractor that Cape Cod homeowners keep handing their biggest projects — kitchens, bathrooms, basements, additions — and the reviews are unusually consistent about why: a 5.0 Google average across 59 ratings, with 32 written accounts since 2021 that praise the same few things over and over. The BBB grades the company A+ and lists ten years in business under owner Michael Silva. What reviewers come back to is communication. A May 2026 customer whose large-scale remodel got more complicated than anyone expected wrote that Silva shows up when he says he will and posted daily progress updates; a 2024 basement-finish customer described the same daily texts and calls. Off-Cape owners have trusted him to run whole projects remotely — one 2023 reviewer had two bathrooms and a deck redone in Orleans from Maryland, and another had a Sandwich vacation house put back together after a burst pipe, on the time and budget he quoted. The scope runs wider than the carpentry in the name. BuildZoom's permit page shows 60 permits across Hyannis, the Yarmouths, Harwich, Centerville and Marstons Mills — bathroom and kitchen remodels, additions, window and siding jobs — and reviewers describe second-floor additions, a high-end kitchen build, and full-house renovations in Wellfleet and Harwich, both in 2021. Two things to square before you book. The company's website says Silva personally does every job with no subcontractors, but many reviewers — approvingly — credit his subs and crew for electrical, plumbing, drywall and tile, so ask who will actually be on site for yours. And one November 2024 reviewer said he went quiet after a promising first consultation; every other account describes the opposite, but pin down a start date in writing. BuildZoom lists an active Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration (HIC 175708) and construction supervisor license (CS 106219), the same numbers printed on the company's own site — those are directory listings and self-reports rather than registry checks, so it's reasonable to ask to see current cards. For a Cape homeowner planning a remodel measured in weeks — especially one you can't supervise in person — this is the shape of contractor built for it: permits on file, years of dated, specific praise, and a habit of daily updates. Get the scope and schedule in writing and confirm the license details, and you know what you're getting.