RCG Services

RCG Services is a Cambridge home-remodeling and repair outfit run by Gary Best from 196 Green Street. It describes itself as covering the whole range from full construction and installation through renovation, repair and ongoing home maintenance, for private homes and for businesses, and offers a free consultation before quoting. The hard credential is in place: Massachusetts holds Home Improvement Contractor registration 213400 in RCG Services LLC's own name, verified active. That is the registration a homeowner should insist on for residential work — and it is worth asking about its currency, since registrations run in two-year terms. There is no published customer feedback on any of the platforms checked, so nothing independent yet speaks to how the finished work turns out. BuildZoom scores the company 95 and shows two projects, but publishes no reviews. One thing to raise directly: the sample permits BuildZoom attributes to the company are a 2024 restaurant fit-out in Waltham and two 2025 commercial fire-protection permits in Lynn, which sit oddly beside a business that presents itself as a home remodeler. Ask what share of recent work has been residential and for references from those jobs. For a homeowner, this is a registered, Cambridge-based remodeler at the start of its public record. Confirm registration 213400 and insurance, get the scope and price in writing, and ask for two or three recent residential references before committing.