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Stephen A. Modica is a Swampscott, Massachusetts carpenter and general remodeler with a Massachusetts home improvement contractor license and a Better Business Bureau A+ rating. Reviews span 2011 through a 2024 porch-rebuild project, most describing solid carpentry work on porches, decks, kitchens and bathrooms; a 2020 review described sloppy, incomplete work with an unsupervised crew, and a 2013 review described infrequently seeing Modica on site.
Originally the project was for a remove and rebuild of the front porches for my 2-family house. They were falling apart, windows were old & odd sizes and wood needed to be replaced due to rot, etc. Steve & his crew found that a total removal was not necessary. They replaced the old footings bringing the porches to the proper level, reduced the # of windows needed, replaced them with beautiful sliders, replaced the floors, stained the new interior wood to coordinate with the stained wood ceilings & walls, installed 2 new doors, updated the porch lights and weatherproofed all the outside areas. Steve & his crew were a pleasure to work with. Their knowledge & expertise is phenomenal. I'm so pleased with their work and have already received many compliments on my remodeled porches. I highly recommend Steve and his outstanding crew.
Steve was excellent. Communicated well and met my tight deadline. Absolutely would recommend.
Sloppy non-professional incomplete work
Sloppy incomplete work. He did not supervise the work. We got frustrated and paid him off. 3 months later we are still redoing the mistakes to the porch railings, balusters, boxes. Etc.
I had a major leak in my blukhead and was convinced it could not be repaired and needed to be replaced. I call Stephen for an estament for replacing the bulkhead. He looked at it and said it was still in good shape and he could repair the rusted out spots and that would stop the leaking... He performed the repairs and now I'm leak free.. Great Job and thanks for you honestity you saved me hundreds of dollars...
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Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Stephen A Modica. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Cabinets are roughly 30% of a kitchen budget.
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$23,000 – $35,000
Typical kitchen remodel around $29,000
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Magazine-quality bathroom remodel4.2
Named GC on an ArchDaily feature3.5