Otto Construction

Otto Construction's trail is in the permit records: 27 permitted jobs out of Randolph — decks, bathroom remodels, roofing, siding and window replacements in Braintree, Norwell, Quincy, Brockton and Dorchester Center — with BuildZoom clocking Dan Otto Jr. as active for 19 years. The licensing is in order and checkable. The company's Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #162687, is active on the state registry, and Dan Otto's construction supervisor licence, CS-090316, is active in his own name. BuildZoom additionally lists a building official certification as active and an older home improvement registration, #147888, as cancelled. The customer writing is dated but specific. A Houzz reviewer in January 2018 described a major kitchen remodel and a process that had seemed intimidating until Dan walked them through it, calling him and his crew professional and experienced. A month earlier, a Google reviewer put it in three words: "stellar. Meticulous. Honest company." Where to press is scope. The company's own site describes custom trim, kitchens, bathrooms, cabinetry, additions and decks on the South Shore, and the Better Business Bureau lists much the same work; the Houzz profile stretches a long way further, from new home construction and carport installation to basement waterproofing across roughly 44 South Shore and Greater Boston towns. BBB grades the business A+ without accrediting it, and puts Dan Otto Jr. in business since 2001. For a kitchen, a bath, a deck or trim carpentry on the South Shore, this is a licensed shop whose permit history you can look up town by town. Ask for two or three references from the past year or two, since the customer accounts on file are from 2017 and 2018, and get straight which of the services on that Houzz list the crew actually performs itself.