Silva Brothers Contracting

Silva Brothers Contracting (also doing business as Silva Brothers Construction) is a Tewksbury-based general contractor, in business since 1985 and run by co-owner Charlie Silva, that's picked up a notable credential: a Needham Observer article from January 2026 identifies the company as the contractor for the PBS series 'This Old House,' and its work turns up in the show's own Reddit community discussing a real historic-restoration project. That project, followed by r/Thisoldhouse in 2024 and 2025, is a Westford, Massachusetts farmhouse and adjacent barn the company has been converting into residential space under conditions set by the local historic commission — commenters there posted interior photos from the work in progress and called them remarkable, and in an April 2025 thread one commenter pushed back on a budget critique by arguing that the company's higher costs reflect doing the job right rather than cutting corners. There's no customer review on file for the business on Houzz or elsewhere yet, so this reputation is built on the TV-show connection and the Reddit discussion rather than a conventional review history. BBB gives the company an A+ rating (while noting it is not BBB Accredited) and records the business as founded in 1985 — 41 years — though the company's own Houzz page understates that as 'more than 25 years.' For a historic home restoration or a larger renovation in the Greater Boston/North Shore area, the This Old House association and the active Westford project are the strongest signals here; worth asking directly for recent client references, since there isn't yet a written review record to lean on.