SILMAC Construction Inc.

SILMAC Construction is a Revere-based general contractor built on repeat business — client after client in the record describes hiring owner Joe DaSilva for a second, third, even fourth project. The company holds an active Massachusetts construction supervisor license under DaSilva's name and an active home improvement contractor registration under the business, both verified against the state registry, and its written history runs back to 2019 across Google, Angi, and Houzz. The projects that keep coming up are full gut renovations — bathrooms most of all, but also a kitchen rebuilt with a powder room and addition, finished basements, decks, and an attic converted to livable third-floor space. A recurring thread across dozens of reviews is Joe's own hands-on communication: homeowners describe him staying responsive through old-house surprises, walking them through change orders, and following up after the job is done. In a 2023 review, one repeat client called him her "go to person for all house projects" after a bathroom, a laundry room, and a new deck; in a 2024 review, another described SILMAC turning a Somerville fixer-upper's kitchen and 1.5 baths into a finished renovation, calling out where to spend for maximum value. Angi currently shows a 4.9★ average from 165 ratings, and Google shows 15 ratings averaging 5★. The record isn't spotless. In a 2022 Houzz review, a homeowner described a major basement project that ran long, ended with finishing touches left undone, and surfaced three separate problems after completion — real, specific issues, not a vague complaint. In a 2023 Angi review, a deck project ran into a subcontractor's mistakes that caused delays and needed a fix afterward, though the reviewer still called the finished deck beautiful and within budget. Both are worth asking about directly. Before hiring, ask how they structure a quote — reviewers over the years have described SILMAC pricing labor separately from materials, which worked well for people who wanted to pick their own fixtures but is worth confirming ahead of a large project. For a homeowner planning a full room renovation who wants one person managing the whole job, this is a contractor with a long, mostly enthusiastic paper trail behind it.