Paul Ferrara and Sons Contracting

Paul Ferrara and Sons Contracting is a Winthrop general contractor whose most recent public review, from 2025, describes something more personal than a typical remodel: adapting a small apartment for wheelchair accessibility so a spouse could keep caring for her husband at home, with the reviewer calling Paul Jr. a gifted contractor. The company's broader project history, though, is older. BuildZoom's permit records show 18 jobs sampled between 2008 and 2014 — kitchen and bathroom remodels, window replacement, siding, re-roofing, and framing restoration across towns from Arlington to Peabody, at values from roughly $9,000 to $64,000 — with nothing on file more recent than that and no customer reviews attached there. Worth asking about directly: BuildZoom lists the company's Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration as inactive, noting it was at one point cancelled, and flags the profile for having no active license on file. None of that has been independently checked against the state registry, so it's worth confirming current licensing status before signing anything. For someone weighing a remodel or an accessibility project, the one detailed recent account is a strong signal — but the gap between that review and the last verifiable project on record is real, and it's worth closing before booking.