Paul S Shapleigh

Paul Shapleigh trades as Pauls Home Service out of 7 Strout Ave in Lynnfield, and the clearest thing about him is scale: 18 permitted projects on the North Shore and up into the Merrimack Valley, several of them six-figure structural jobs rather than the small repairs a six-person outfit is usually associated with. The permits describe the work better than any brochure could. A $444,000 job in West Newbury put an in-law suite over a three-car garage, added a new kitchen in the main house, replaced twelve windows across the front and remodelled a sunroom. A $250,000 permit in Beverly completed a second floor on an existing footprint. A $300,000 permit in Tewksbury was a new single-family house. Closer to the coast, a $48,000 permit at 76 Garfield Street in Marblehead in 2024 covered a detached garage remodel with a new garage door, siding, blueboard and plaster, trim and electrical. Between the big jobs sit deck rebuilds and full gut kitchen remodels down to the studs with new plumbing, electrical and plaster. BBB lists the business as started on 1 January 2019 with six employees and Paul Shapleigh as owner — seven years in business, and the figures on the file are consistent with each other rather than inflated. BBB has not issued a letter grade, stating it does not have enough information to rate the business, and the business is not BBB accredited. Those are two separate facts and neither is a mark against the work. On credentials, two licences are listed as active: a Home Improvement Contractor registration, 207487, and a Construction Supervisor licence, CS-105174. That pairing is exactly right for someone doing additions and new construction — the Construction Supervisor licence is what Massachusetts requires for structural work, and the HIC registration is what it requires for residential home improvement. Both come from a directory rather than a registry check here, so confirm the HIC number with the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation and the CS number with the Department of Public Safety. The gap is customer voice: no reviews have been published about this business anywhere, so there is no public account of how he communicates, holds a schedule, or handles a problem. For a builder taking on additions and new houses, that is the thing to close yourself. He is a strong candidate if your project is an addition, a second storey, a garage conversion or a gut kitchen on the North Shore. Before signing, ask for references from two or three of the recent six-figure jobs, verify both licence numbers with the state, and get current general liability and workers' compensation certificates.