Mussato Building Group, Inc.

Two words come up again and again in what people write about Mussato Building Group: on time, on budget. Across 17 Google reviews averaging five stars, that pairing appears in review after review — a staircase that changed the layout of a house, an outdoor kitchen, a deck rebuild, trim work, an addition, a floor refinishing and kitchen repair delivered on schedule and on cost. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is active, filed under the company's own name. This is a Yarmouth outfit working Cape Cod, and it says it has been at it since 2004 — family-owned and operated, with Joe Mussato named as founder and owner and, by his own account, on every project from pre-construction through final finish. The work runs from new construction and additions to exterior carpentry, cedar siding, hardwood flooring and custom cabinetry, and the company points to a 2022 Chatham Preservation Award. Joe is named personally in most of the reviews, which is usually the shape of a small shop where the owner is on site. The reviews from people in the trade are the most telling. A design partner who works with the company on high-end residential projects wrote in January 2026 that Joe's attention to detail is second to none, that he is a good listener, highly organised, and clear about expectations; a repeat client wrote in July 2025 about being kept in the loop on timing and budget across a number of projects. In May 2025 a homeowner laid out three tests for a contractor — listens, describes the work accurately, exceeds expectations at the end — and said Mussato passed all three on a floor refinishing and kitchen repair. Two things temper it. The written record is young and bunched: every review on file was posted between May 2025 and April 2026, and seven of them landed inside three days in May 2025, which is the shape of a review push rather than a decade of accumulated word of mouth. And one 2025 reviewer went over budget after making changes mid-project — they were satisfied, and said the company was upfront about the costs, but it is the reminder to get change orders in writing. Good fit if you want a Cape Cod builder for a carpentry-forward job — stairs, trim, decks, cabinetry, an addition — with the owner on site. Confirm the change-order process before work starts, and ask for a reference from a project that ran longer than a few weeks.