Nova Roofing and Restorations

Nova Roofing & Restorations has been reroofing homes around Dedham for decades — the company says four generations of the Portanova family, and both the Better Business Bureau and independent reviews back up a business that's been doing this a long time. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is active, verified directly against the state registry. The written record is long and consistently strong: 15 reviews across Google and HomeAdvisor, dated from 2017 through 2025, nearly all a perfect 5 stars. The specifics repeat a pattern — a full tear-off and reroof completed in a single day, with, as one 2022 review put it, 'not a trace of debris' left behind. In a 2021 review, a homeowner described Nova as the only one of four bidding contractors who diagnosed a ventilation problem behind a leaking roof and proposed a real fix — extra soffit vents, baffles, a ridge vent — rather than just replacing shingles. Another 2021 account, for a flat-roof and custom skylight job in Brookline that needed a crane, singled out both project manager Mark Roberts and owner Ken Portanova for walking the job in person before work began. The company markets itself as a family-run roofing, siding, gutter, and historic-restoration outfit — its BBB profile lists nearly every roofing material (asphalt, slate, cedar shake, metal, EPDM, PVC, TPO) plus commercial work, and it has held BBB accreditation since 2017 with an A+ grade. A 2017 review from a homeowner in an older brick house praised Nova for a same-day, mess-free installation and for explaining pricing across the quotes she'd gathered elsewhere. A couple of small things worth flagging rather than glossing over: HomeAdvisor's FAQ says the company does not offer emergency services, while Nova's own site lists 'Emergency Repair' as a service line — worth asking directly which applies to your situation. The stated tenure also varies a bit by platform (BBB says 39 years in business, HomeAdvisor says 33 years of experience), a minor inconsistency rather than anything substantive. For a full roof replacement, siding work, or a historic-property restoration around Dedham, the record here is unusually deep and consistent for a small operation — just confirm directly whether emergency service applies to your job.