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MJ Repair & Construction is a Somerville/Cambridge, Massachusetts outfit that took on general home-repair and renovation jobs — porch reconstruction, roof shingle replacement, exterior painting, and window and gutter work — run by an owner named Maykel, also spelled Maykael. Its written record is entirely from 2013 and 2014. In a 2014 Angi review, a homeowner hired the company for what started as a small porch fascia repair on a 100-year-old house and it turned into replacing rotted porch flooring and ceiling once water damage was found underneath; the reviewer called the crew professional and the expanded price fair. Another 2014 reviewer had the company replace an old shingle roof and repaint the house's exterior in the same job, describing the crew as professional, clean and polite. A 2013 review describes a broader outdoor renovation — repainting, window replacement, and gutter replacement — as an astounding change to the house's look, and specifically credits the crew with keeping the homeowner informed rather than having to be chased down. Angi's page for the company shows a 4.8 rating from five reviews, all dated 2013–2014, and lists free estimates and emergency service as options. That same page states two different lengths of experience for the business — 15 years in one spot, 21 years in another — so either figure is worth taking with a grain of salt. Worth knowing before calling: BuildZoom lists the company's Massachusetts General Contractor / Home Improvement Contractor license (#176042) as inactive, expired since July 2015. Combined with a written record that stops in 2014, it's worth confirming directly that the business is still operating and currently licensed before hiring.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from MJ Repair & Construction. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Estimated range
$23,000 – $35,000
Typical remodeling project around $29,000
I hired mj company to replace my old shingle roof at same time paint the exterior body of my house. They are very professional, clean and very polite my house looks great I love it....
I have a 100-year-old single family home that is in need of some repairs. I hired MJ Repairs to do what I thought would be a small repair job - replacing the facia boards on my front porch so that the house could be painted. As it turned out, the facia boards needed replacing because water had leaked into the roof and rotted pretty much the entire ceiling of the porch/floor of the second floor porch. Maykel gave me what I thought was a fair price to expand the work and replace pretty much the entire second floor porch floor and the first floor porch ceiling. His crew was professional and showed up on time and ready to work. They did a great job rebuilding the porch in just a few days time. After the job was completed, there was a problem with the front porch light not going on. After I told Maykel about this, he came back and told me that there was a leak in the roof his men had installed. He immediately owned the problem, and although they were involved in another job, they came back within a couple of weeks and took the porch apart and re-did it to fix the problem. Although I was not happy that there was a problem, I had complete confidence that Maykel would fix it; he is very honest and and good workman. The porch is now solid, everything is working great. So I would give MJ Repairs a solid recommendation.
Maykael and his team do excellent work, show up on time and are very reasonable.
MJ Repair did a great job with the renovations I hired them to help with. I had them do primarily outdoor work on the house: house repainting, window replacement, and gutter replacement. The change in aesthetics of the house are astounding.and the reason I'm writing the review is because the work was so good and so easy compared to what I've seen in other situation. First off, I really appreciated that MJ made the work so easy on me personally. They were polite, responsive, took the initiative to let me know what was going on rather than me running around after them (which usually happens). Their billing was transparent and reasonable. And as for the quality of the work, it just looked like they took care to make sure it was done right. There were no missed areas or drips of paint where they shouldn't have been. Just good quality work. It was overall one of the best experiences I've had with a contractor in the area.
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Decks and porches5.0
Clients returning for 10 and 20 years5.0
Detailed craftsmanship5.0
Renovates century-old structures5.0