S + H Construction

S + H Construction is a Cambridge, Massachusetts general contractor that traces back to 1979, and its name keeps turning up in Boston-area design and trade coverage rather than on customer review sites. A Kitchen & Bath Business piece from January 2025 describes it as a residential renovation and custom home building company serving the greater Boston area, and in 2013 the National Association of the Remodeling Industry named it its Northeast Regional Contractor of the Year -- the kind of peer recognition that tends to follow sustained, serious renovation work rather than one-off jobs. The written record here leans on press and industry coverage rather than homeowner testimonials. In a 2020 feature, a magazine described the firm working alongside Peter Sachs Architects to rebuild a fire-damaged 1925 Colonial -- the sort of complex, architect-partnered renovation project that fits its self-description. A 2025 industry profile also reported a leadership transition and a broadened service scope, including the launch of a dedicated small-projects and home-management division that January. Worth knowing before calling: its Houzz profile shows no published customer reviews yet, so there is no independent read on recent client experience to weigh against the press coverage. That profile also lists Cambridge, MA as its address, while the 2025 industry write-up describes the firm as Belmont-based -- likely just a move over a long history, but worth confirming which office is handling your project. Its self-reported Houzz services also include sitework, landscaping, and solar/energy work alongside its core renovation and new-construction focus, so it is worth asking how central those actually are to their current crews. This is a firm with a long, publicly documented track record in custom renovation and new construction, recognized by its own trade association more than a decade ago and still generating coverage in 2025 -- a reasonable call for a substantial remodel or addition, but ask directly for recent references, since the record here does not include homeowner reviews to lean on.