Oka Remodeling

Oka Remodeling is a two-person remodeling and tile outfit based in Rowley, Massachusetts, run by David Oka, who is named on the business's background check. It covers the North Shore and about 30 miles beyond. The work spans more than its listing category suggests: tile installation, repair and re-grouting, bathroom and kitchen remodels, hardwood, laminate and vinyl flooring, interior and exterior painting, plastering and skim coating, drywall and taping, demolition, and basement and garage remodels. Thirteen project photos are posted. Tile is what customers single out. In a March 2025 review a homeowner described hiring him to finish tile work a big-box store's contractor had left incomplete, calling him extremely focused, proficient with tools and clean afterwards. Reviewers writing in November 2022 described an office renovation where the plaster and paint 'came out crisp', and an apartment renovation where the writer said the crew went beyond what they were hired for and offered advice on other parts of the job. All four published reviews are five stars [E335568, E335569]. The record is genuinely thin, and that is the main caveat. Four reviews on a single platform is a small base — three of them are dated the same day in November 2022 and the fourth is a Google review syndicated onto the page rather than written there — so the five-star average rests on very few voices. The About text claims 'more than 20 years of experience' while the platform's own field says four years in business, which reads as the owner's personal career rather than the company's trading history. The same text says 'Full Insurance & licensed' but gives no licence number, so nothing here has been checked against a state registry. He suits a North Shore homeowner with a defined tile, flooring, painting or single-room remodel job who wants a small hands-on crew. Before booking, ask for his Home Improvement Contractor registration number and construction supervisor licence if the work is structural, verify them with the state yourself, and ask for a couple of recent local references given how few are published.