Mulkern Carpentry

The name says carpentry; the permits say something bigger. Mulkern Carpentry runs out of 74 Wilson Ave in Weymouth under John Mulkern, and the jobs filed under its name are full renovations — a $229,000 kitchen remodel in Brookline in 2021, a $173,000 kitchen and bath with new hardwood floors in Hingham in 2022, an $85,000 master bath and closet in Hingham in 2023, and an $80,000 family room built over an existing garage in Cohasset in 2025. The smaller work is there too: a front-stair rebuild in Quincy in 2020, a $60,000 second-floor apartment gut in Quincy in 2018, a fencing job in Nahant back in 2015, and a classroom and nursery fit-out in Hingham in 2024. Ten permits in all, four of them in the last three years — a small shop taking a few substantial projects at a time rather than a high-volume operation. What's missing is the homeowner's voice. Nobody has posted a review of the company, so there is nothing on how John Mulkern quotes, schedules, or handles a change order — the sort of thing that matters most on a job running into six figures. On paper the credentials look right for this work: BuildZoom lists both a Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #153109, issued in December 2025, and a construction supervisor licence, CS-090552. Those are the directory's records rather than confirmations from the state, so ask him for both numbers and check them yourself with the Office of Consumer Affairs and the Department of Public Safety. If you're planning a South Shore kitchen, bath, or addition and want a small outfit with permits to match, he belongs on the list. Ask for addresses and references from the Hingham and Cohasset jobs — that's the record worth hearing about directly.