Modern Heritage LLC

Modern Heritage builds the kind of project that takes a year. A $243,500 renovation on Corn Point Road in Marblehead — a balcony let into the existing roof, two bathrooms combined into one, new second-floor windows — is a fair sample of the work, and the firm returned to the same house for a second permit worth $118,000. The company says three builders founded it in 2015: Ian Mentasti on design development, Andrew Brewin on operations, Steven Slade on construction. It describes itself as a full-service design-build firm with in-house drafting, its own project managers and carpenters, and a woodshop turning out custom cabinetry and architectural millwork. The site reports the millwork was voted 'Best Millwork' by Boston Home in 2022 — the company's own claim, not something we confirmed. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #184227, is active, and the state's holder of record is Modern Heritage, LLC — the company itself. The customer record is where this thins out fast. Google shows 4.2 stars across six ratings, and only one of those carries any text: a June 2026 one-star post complaining that a marked company vehicle cut the writer off on I-90 in stop-and-go traffic. It says nothing about a build, a budget or a finish, and the writer describes no work done for them. Six ratings with one readable comment is not much to go on for a firm whose permits run into the six figures. The permit trail is the better guide to what they actually do: additions and bump-outs, a 1,350-square-foot Rowley addition, a Brookline kitchen and bath gut involving structural steel, a Cape guest-suite conversion drawn by one of the founders, roofs and decks. Note that two of the nine permits — the Rowley addition and a Rowley deck — carry an 'expired' status on BuildZoom, which is worth a question about how projects get closed out. This is a firm for a substantial renovation, addition or a custom millwork package, not for a small repair. Before signing, ask for references from projects the size of yours, ask directly about the expired permits, and confirm who at the company will be your day-to-day project manager.