Sergio Valerio

Kitchens are what Sergio Valerio Construction keeps pulling permits for: 53 permitted projects in all, most of them kitchen remodels running anywhere from roughly $5,000 to $100,000, in Lowell, Methuen, Haverhill, Malden, Tewksbury and Newton. About four of those permits have come in the last three years. Sergio Valerio started the business in 2014 and runs it as a one-employee shop, according to its Better Business Bureau profile at 205 Sladen St in Dracut. BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts construction supervisor licence, CS-077834, and a home improvement contractor registration, #132623, both worth looking up on the state register before you sign. If the job is a kitchen — a modest refit or a six-figure rebuild — that is squarely what this permit history describes, across a wide stretch of the Merrimack Valley. Ask which recent kitchens came closest to yours in scope and budget, who else will be on site for a one-person outfit, and get the schedule and payment terms in writing.