Nicholas P Freni

Four of the last six permits filed by Nicholas P Freni say almost the same thing: tear out the old deck, put back a composite one with a rail system and stairs. That is the through-line of this Lynnfield contractor's recent record — deck replacement, mostly in Malden, at $14,300, $16,000 and $29,400, plus an earlier reinforce-and-redeck job in Peabody. The rest of the record shows someone who also takes on whole rooms. A second-floor bathroom renovation in Malden at $22,300. In Everett, a first-floor kitchen stripped back to insulation, blueboard and plaster before new cabinets and tile went in, and a basement gutted at $40,500 with a lally column set at the beam and an egress window cut into a bedroom. There is a 10-by-10 mudroom addition in Methuen, an architectural shingle roof there too, cedar shingles swapped for Hardie board and Tyvek in Malden at $31,300, and a small commercial repair job on Revere Beach Boulevard. Typical permit value sits around $19,150, and activity picked up in 2025 with four filings. Nobody has reviewed him. BuildZoom states it has never received a review, and its score of 97 comes from permits and licence status, not from any customer. The credentials need care before you call. BuildZoom shows construction supervisor licence CS-054756 twice on the same page under contradictory statuses — once badged 'verified' and active as of July 2026, once listed as inactive and 'at one point cancelled'. It separately shows home improvement contractor registration 188725 as active, with an issue date of 30 December 2025, which is recent against a permit history running back to 2019. None of those three entries was confirmed against the state here, and no holder name appears beside any of them. So: a carpenter with a clean, current run of mid-size deck and renovation permits across the North Shore and Merrimack Valley, and no customer voice yet to tell you what the finished work is like. Ask for recent deck references, and check both licence numbers yourself with the Department of Public Safety and the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation before signing anything.