Stilphen Construction

Stilphen Construction is a small Hull outfit that homeowners describe by name — Gary Stilphen, and on at least one job his son Jake working beside him. The work that turns up in its Google reviews is whole projects rather than quick fixes: a kitchen renovation with a new deck, a basement rebuilt after a flood, a front porch added onto a house. Two of the five written reviews are about water getting where it shouldn't. In a September 2025 review, a homeowner had Gary and his team repair a water-damaged kitchen ceiling and lights, called the price reasonable, and said he kept in touch through the job. Another September 2025 review described that basement renovation after a flood, and the same customer came back several years later for the front porch. The rest is remodeling. A January 2026 review covers a full kitchen renovation and a new deck, done on time with steady communication throughout. In January 2024, another homeowner said a kitchen and bathroom remodel finished on time and on budget, and gave credit to the subcontractors Stilphen brought in. The company's Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #184182, is active on the state registry with Gary Stilphen as holder of record, and BuildZoom lists a Construction Supervisor licence, #CS-077012, alongside 21 projects. Its Better Business Bureau page carries an A+ grade and lists remodeling, additions, kitchens and baths, and roofing as the work it takes on. The Google average pulls the other way: 3.6 stars across 8 ratings, lower than the written reviews alone would suggest. One of those written reviews, from March 2026, is a single star calling Stilphen a terrible company, and the person who wrote it says the owner had called the review spam. That exchange is worth raising directly. For a Hull-area kitchen or bath, an addition, or putting a room back together after water damage, this is a small, owner-run crew, and two of the homeowners who wrote about it said the work finished on schedule. Ask what happened with the March 2026 complaint, and put the timeline and the scope in writing before the first day.