R&L WHITMAN CONSTRUCTION INC

Seventeen Google ratings, all of them five stars, and one first name keeps surfacing inside them: Fernando. R&L Whitman Construction works out of Brockton on the outside of the house — roofs, siding, gutters — with decks and the occasional interior job attached. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is active, held under the name R&L Whitman Constructions, Inc. What people write about is less the craft than being kept in the loop. A homeowner who had gutters done in April 2026 said Fernando "kept me updated even when he was running late." Another, writing in October 2025 after having the house resided, walked through it point by point: updates at every stage, then a call afterward to confirm everything was right. A March 2026 customer handed him a whole-house renovation. Price comes up almost as often — a roof customer in April 2025 called the price very fair; a gutter replacement after tree damage in November 2025 was described the same way, done early and quickly. A July 2025 reviewer noticed the cleanup. Two things are worth pinning down first. The company tells Thumbtack it has 11 years behind it and 10 employees, and its own site says over 10 years — but its BBB profile puts the business start and incorporation at January 2022 and lists one employee. Ask plainly how long this company, under this name, has been doing the work. Separately, svepnavigator.com, which republishes U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records, describes an OSHA inspection of R&L Whitman Constructions, Inc. at a New Hampshire church roofing site that ended in nine citations. That is one aggregator's account rather than something confirmed here, and it is a fair question to put to them. The rest is quieter. Thumbtack has only two ratings, averaging 4.0, and one of those customers simply didn't take the price offered. The BBB page carries an A+ with nothing filed against it, though the company isn't accredited there. The written history is genuinely short — it starts in 2024 — but it has stayed consistent through it, with four reviews in the last six months and none negative. For a Brockton-area roof, siding or gutter job where you want to hear from the crew as it goes, they are a sensible call. Get the scope and the number in writing, and ask about both the company's age and the safety record before the trucks arrive.