Sousa Construction Inc

Ask on r/Somerville who to call for a renovation and Paulo Souza's name turns up with a phone number attached. A commenter in October 2025 said they had used him for years — "he has basically reno'd every house on our block" — and a 2023 thread called the outfit "Mr Somerville", from someone who had three major renovations done. The permit file matches that kind of work. Run out of Glenwood Avenue in Medford, Sousa Construction has 43 permits on record, and the Brookline and Chestnut Hill sample is substantial: a $196,650 first-floor remodel with a new side door and porch on Salisbury Road in 2024, a $47,900 second-floor bathroom remodel with a wall removed on Cypress Street in 2025, then a basement stair and a guest powder room back at the Salisbury Road house that same year. BuildZoom puts the typical permit around $22,300 and describes the work as mostly kitchen and multi-room remodels. Massachusetts lists the home improvement contractor registration #205327 as active, under the name Sousa Construction & Cleaning Services Inc. This is a call for the renovation where walls move and a floor gets reworked, not a quick handyman job. Two things to settle first: make sure you are hiring the Medford company behind registration 205327, because directory pages carry several similarly named businesses under mixed-up licence numbers, and ask for the Brookline or Chestnut Hill jobs as references, since those are the ones with a paper trail.