O'Hanlon Construction

Joe O'Hanlon's company has left a paper trail most small remodelers never accumulate: BuildZoom counts 79 permitted projects, mostly multi-room remodels and home additions in Brookline, Brighton and Newton, with a typical permit value around $25,000. That is the shape of this Norwood outfit — a business that shows up in town permit files far more than it shows up in review threads. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, number 135352, is active, with Joseph O'Hanlon as the holder of record. BuildZoom separately lists a Construction Supervisor licence, CS-080627, for the company. The written customer history is short and old. One Google reviewer, writing in 2022, described a working relationship going back to 1990 — stripping wallpaper, laying tile, building a brick walkway to the front door, and a solarium under construction at the time. Google's page averages 3.7 stars across three ratings, so that one warm account sits inside a very small base. In June 2025, a commenter in r/Brookline passed the company's name and phone number into a general-contractor thread as one of a few names they had gathered — a nod from a neighbor, not a testimonial about a job. So the permit history runs much deeper than anything customers have written down. Ask for references from the recent Brookline and Brighton work; by the permit records, those jobs exist and are the fastest way to see current quality for yourself. Worth asking too how much of an addition or multi-room remodel the crew self-performs versus subs out, since that mix is what usually drives the schedule. Right call for a homeowner in the Brookline–Brighton–Newton corridor planning an addition or a whole-floor remodel who values a permit-compliant, long-established operator over a big review count. Confirm registration 135352 on the state's Consumer Affairs site before signing, and get the reference list.