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Riddle Construction's written history is a decade old, and it splits sharply. An August 2013 customer praised the floor the crew installed, said the job had to move fast, and was satisfied with the decisions the contractor made along the way. A January 2015 reviewer's entire point was that he shows up on time. Between those two sits a May 2014 account of storm damage to an old roof. That homeowner hired him to replace it, he said he would start by the beginning of March and took a down payment, then became virtually unreachable โ and by the time the review was written in May, nothing had been done. The Kingston company's Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #102164, is expired on the state registry. On Angi it lists basement remodels and deck installation and repair, with three projects shown and a 3.5-star average across three ratings โ two at five stars, one at one star. If you are considering them, start with the registration: ask whether it has been renewed and get the current number before you sign. Keep any deposit small, tie it to a written start date, and put the schedule in the contract.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages โ not a quote from Riddle Construction. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
A typical single-level deck is 12ร16 โ about 200 sq ft.
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$7,750 โ $14,500
Typical carpentry project around $11,100
A contractor who actually shows up on time!
We had sudden storm damage on an old roof. We hired him to replace the roof. He said he would start repair by beginning of March and took down payment. Very soon he became virtually unreachable. Now it's May. He has done nothing, we can't reach him, and he hasn't returned the down payment. Caveat emptor! By the way, we had checked references.
Professional work, I love the floor they installed. The work was needed to be done quickly and I was satisfied the decisions the contractor had to make.
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Fair, transparent pricing4.9
Structural repairs4.3