Rabelo

Rabelo is a kitchen and bathroom remodeler based in Manchester-by-the-Sea, on Massachusetts' Cape Ann coast, reachable on (857) 888-0101. It lists sixteen North Shore towns it covers — Marblehead, Swampscott, Beverly, Danvers, Peabody, Gloucester, Essex and Manchester among them. Bathrooms look to be the centre of the work. The two project sets it has posted are both bathrooms, one of them a ten-photo job in Peabody. Beyond that it lists kitchen, whole-home and basement remodeling, home restoration, tile installation and repair, shower and backsplash installation, cabinet refinishing, and vinyl, laminate and linoleum flooring. What is missing is anything written by a customer. Its directory profile has never been reviewed, carries no description of the company, and publishes no licence number, and none was verified against the state registry. Remodeling a bathroom or kitchen is not exempt from Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, so that is the first thing to ask for. Treat this as an unrated listing rather than a recommendation. Ask for the Home Improvement Contractor registration number and check it with the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, ask for a construction supervisor licence if any structural work is involved, ask for a certificate of insurance, and ask for two or three recent local references you can call — the Peabody bathroom in the posted photos would be a reasonable one to start with.