Stephen J Doherty

Almost everything publicly known about Stephen J Doherty comes from building permits. BuildZoom's profile for the Haverhill builder counts seven permitted projects reaching back to 2009 — in Haverhill, Lowell, Billerica, Methuen and Brookline — with one in the past year, and puts a score of 91 on the business. What's absent is the part homeowners usually lean on. BuildZoom says it has received no reviews at all for this contractor, so there is nothing from people who actually hired them to weigh, in either direction. On credentials, read the fine print. BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts construction supervisor license, CS-037817, which it says was active when it last checked in July 2026 — that is the directory's own check, not a state-registry confirmation. The same page lists two City of Newton registrations under number 213668 that BuildZoom last saw expiring in December 2022. Treat this as a starting point rather than a verdict. A permit trail across five towns over fifteen years is a real sign of a working builder, but with no customer accounts behind it, the sensible move is to ask for recent references, look up the permits for a job like yours, and confirm the construction supervisor license — plus any home improvement contractor registration — directly with the Commonwealth before signing.