Proulx Contracting

Proulx Contracting is Paul Proulx's remodeling outfit, registered at 9 Victor Ave in Worcester, and the jobs filed under its name are big ones: 51 permitted projects, with sampled permits from 2018 through 2023 running from a $3,500 interior demolition to a $362,700 two-storey addition for a master bath, closet, kitchen and office. The work itself is heavy residential remodeling — kitchen and bathroom rebuilds, first- and second-floor additions, dormer raising, basement finishes, porch and deck rebuilds, and on one Brookline two-family, jacking the house to replace a block foundation with poured concrete and proper footings. Several of those permits sit between $78,000 and $240,000, which is whole-floor territory rather than handyman work. One practical thing to notice: almost all of that permitted work is in Brookline, Newton and Waban, Chestnut Hill, Weston, Waltham and Medway — an hour east of the Worcester address on file. If you are calling from Worcester County, ask where the crews actually work now. Nobody has written publicly about hiring the company. BuildZoom, the permit directory carrying the profile, says it has received no reviews, so there is nothing from past clients to weigh and no rating is given here. On licensing, BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts construction supervisor licence, CS-061981, and a home improvement contractor registration, number 117276, for the company; those are the directory's own entries rather than a state confirmation. The same page also shows two older home improvement registrations, 137942 and 113464, that Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation recorded as cancelled. For a homeowner planning an addition, a gut kitchen or structural work in the Brookline-Newton area, the permit history shows a contractor who has repeatedly pulled and closed out exactly that kind of job. Before signing, ask for the current construction supervisor and home improvement contractor numbers and check them yourself with the state, and ask for addresses of the recent Brookline and Weston jobs so you can see finished work.