Minglewood Homes Inc

Minglewood Homes is a Chatham-based construction company self-described as building on Cape Cod for the past three decades, founded in 1993 by owner Tim R. Smith, a Chatham native. The company says it focuses on historic home restorations, additions, and new home construction, alongside general remodeling and renovation work. The one detailed customer account on file, a 2020 five-star review, describes a full basement remodel and praises the finished bathroom, storage layout, flooring, and the quality of the doors, woodwork, plastering, plumbing and painting as "top notch." Google separately shows a 4-star average from 4 ratings. Building-permit records list 6 residential projects pulled in Chatham during 2023 - including a garage rebuild, a new dormer, and finished basements - typically valued in the $40,000-$95,000 range, consistent with the remodeling and addition work the company advertises. Directory reviews are otherwise thin - Houzz and BuildZoom both show zero written reviews for the business - so there isn't yet a broad customer history beyond BBB's A+ letter grade (the business is not BBB-accredited) and the one detailed review above. Licensing is also worth confirming directly: BuildZoom's own listing contradicts itself, showing a "Verified License" badge alongside a note that a license is "Not Required," and no state-registry verification turned up here - for structural additions and whole-house renovation work in Massachusetts, homeowners should ask to see current HIC/CSL registration directly. For homeowners on Cape Cod looking for historic-home restoration or a custom addition from a small, owner-run local builder, Minglewood Homes offers one strong documented account and an active recent permit history. It's worth a direct conversation about current licensing and references given how thin the public review count still is.