Richard Chalone

Richard Chalone leaves a paper trail rather than a review trail. BuildZoom's permit database ties 381 permitted projects to his name at 136 Turnpike Rd in Southborough, roughly 50 of them in the last three years, and the pattern is unusually consistent: swap a door, swap a few windows, no structural work. The jobs are small and repetitive by design. Typical permit value runs around $3,976, with door and window replacement dominating and fencing, siding and a reshingled roof filling in the rest. BuildZoom lists his trades as finish carpentry, framing, deck repair and doors and windows. What is missing is any customer voice at all. BuildZoom has never received a review for him, so there is nothing from the people who actually hired him — no star rating, no account of how a job went. The BuildZoom score of 0 attached to the profile is not a verdict from customers either; it is set that way because no active licence is on file. The licence question is the thing to settle before calling. BuildZoom prints number 9019829 for him but describes it two different ways on the same page — as a carpenter licence it last verified expired on 05-17-2022, and in its licence table as a Salesperson credential it calls inactive and at one point cancelled. That is a directory's record, not a verification, and the two descriptions do not agree with each other. He is a reasonable person to ask about a straight door or window replacement, given how many he has permitted. Before hiring, ask him directly for his current Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration number and check it yourself with the state, and ask for references, since none are published anywhere here.