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The thing customers keep bringing up about Northeast Maintenance is the pictures. In reviews through 2023 and 2024, homeowners described getting photos of their gutters, video of a problem area on the roof, and a written report after the job — one wrote that it let them see what was actually going on up there. Chris Chemlen has run this Bedford building-maintenance company since 1990, by his own account, starting it at about 26 after a window-cleaning business he ran as a teenager. Gutters are the bread and butter, but the list of jobs people hire him for runs longer: windows and skylights, power washing a house or patio bricks, moss off a roof, baffles in an attic, a stuck door, a cabinet repair. Google sits at 4.9 across 76 ratings, and a striking number of those are people on their fifth or tenth season. A June 2025 reviewer had known Chris for over 10 years — gutters, power washing the house and the patio bricks, clearing out the tool shed. A December 2023 customer of more than six years said the crew clears the leaves away afterwards and that scheduling was easy. When a downspout clogged and water started causing problems in August 2023, the homeowner wrote that Chris came out ahead of the next day's rainstorm. Fall is the crunch, and that is where the complaints sit. A December 2023 reviewer gave three stars after a gutter cleaning slipped by more than two weeks, saying it was hard to get a concrete date — the work was done well once the crew arrived, but they also felt the price was a bit high for the scope. A regular customer writing in December 2024 said the same thing from the other side: Chris has a lot of customers in the busy fall season, so email or call with your request. One account is far worse than the rest. In January 2025, an Angi reviewer wrote that Chris refused to answer the phone and refused to return to the property, and that after two years the matter went to small claims. A sensible pick for the homeowner who wants one number for the outside work — gutters twice a year, the windows, a power wash, and the small repairs nobody else will send a truck for. Book the fall cleaning well before the leaves drop and get a date confirmed, and agree the price against the scope before the crew is scheduled.
Fast communication, great work. We had power washing and gutter cleaning. Good online emails, too, including billing and easy payment methods.
This is the second year that we've used Northeast Maintenance to clean our gutters. Their crew has been professional, friendly, and has done a very thorough job. We will certainly use them again in years to come!
The team at Northeast Maintenance Services did a great job cleaning our gutters. Communication was clear, scheduling was easy, and everyone was very friendly. They even went above and beyond by blowing a bunch of leaves out of the yard without being asked, which really made our day! We certainly will be reaching out to them for future projects.
I initially communicated with Chris to have several services performed. I found him to be very friendly and responsive, via text and phone conversations. He sent out his service manager, Brian, to do the initial estimate and subsequently the work. Brian did the estimate and quickly had it ready. The problems began with the actual work. Although Brian and his work partner were courteous and pleasant, communication was not clear and sometimes misleading. One day, they did not show up at all, with no communication as to why. The following day they showed up and rushed through the remainder of the work. Because of this, the gutters were not cleaned well, and the work that was supposed to be done on a light pole (based on quote), was not at all what was described. Also, he requested a form of payment that was incorrect, according to what I had agreed to. Other smaller details that impacted the job: 1) they didn't bring out a ladder, so we had to supply our own for the entire job 2) he asked to have his dog use our yard to potty (totally fine) but dog brought a toy that he destroyed in our yard and we picked up pieces of that toy for weeks 3) they did not put things back on deck as was in the quote because their timing was off and the paint was not dry when they left. When they were done for the day, Brian showed me around my home to point out other areas of work he could do in the future (tree work, extermination of rodents), which appeared to be a pitch. A few months later, the light pole that was not done correctly was in the same shape as it was prior to work being done, and the paint was starting to chip on the deck (they painted it). I contacted Chris to have the pole redone and although he was responsive, he stated that Brian would contact me to come back out. Brian never contacted me, although apparently he told Chris he had reached out. After many emails (about a month) back and forth with the office staff to get Brian to come out and do the job, he never came out. They finally agreed to get me a refund for the light post part of the job and also someone came out to redo cleaning the gutters. The person they had come out this time, David, did a nice job with the gutters. He showed us before pictures, which confirmed that they were not done well the first time. Overall, I did not have a good experience with the initial job and do not feel I can trust the person that came out. Perhaps others will have better experiences if someone else comes out to do the job.
Chris and Miguel repaired a cabinet, washed skylights and cleaned a gutter. All of the work was done effectively and at a reasonable cost. I will definitely use Northeast Maintenance again.
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Fast drywall work3.1
Surface preparation with wallpaper removal and skim coating5.0
Full tub color change in hours5.0
Stands behind work4.5
Cabinet and storm-door finish work4.3