Terry's Home Improvement

Twenty ratings, every one of them five stars, and nearly all about the same thing: getting old windows working again instead of replacing them. In a December 2017 review a homeowner wrote that Marvin's had quoted over $40,000 and that Terry repaired 16 windows instead, for far less. In July 2016 another described three broken panes in 101-year-old wooden sashes, repaired with extra stops cut for the next one to go. BBB lists the business as a one-person sole proprietorship at 607 Boylston Street in Boston, started in 2015; the Angi profile claims over 40 years in construction. Reviewers name Brian Terry, and an assistant called David, through most of the accounts. Speed comes up again and again. A February 2017 customer whose window was broken by movers wrote that he arrived within 20 minutes and boarded the opening against the snow. A March 2018 reviewer had a new window two days after the assessment, with a broken screen fixed at no charge. And in April 2016 a customer noticed a fly sealed inside a repaired double-pane unit — that reviewer wrote that Terry took the window back and replaced it again under an unconditional guarantee. Licensing is the thing to check. BuildZoom records a Massachusetts general contractor and home improvement registration, #186822, as expired since 19 January 2021, re-verified as expired in April 2026, with the state status reported as at one point cancelled. For a sash repair or a wall air-conditioner that may not matter; for a registered home improvement contract it does. The written accounts also stop in 2022. Ask for a recent local reference, and confirm the registration status with the state yourself before signing anything sizeable.