What does a bathroom remodel cost in Greater Boston?
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from The Scipione Group. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Upgrades beyond the standard like-for-like swap included in the base scope.
Registry-verified licence — MA HIC 161953 active, held by this LLC
Gut bathroom remodels — most of 13 permits are full bathroom rebuilds
Whole-job scope — reviewers describe bathroom, kitchen bar and deck together
Communication — a 2021 reviewer credited responsiveness for a smooth reno
BBB standing — accredited since 2011 with an A+ rating
Lead-safe certification — BuildZoom shows the EPA renovation record inactive
Thin review record — two review bodies, and none on Houzz or BuildZoom
Houzz licence entries — self-listed, not registry-verified here
The Scipione Group, LLC is a two-person residential building and remodeling company at 76 Woodard Road in West Roxbury, owned and operated by Jeffrey Scipione. The company describes itself as family run with twenty years in the carpentry and building trades; the BBB file puts the business start at 5/1/2001 and the LLC's incorporation at 4/6/2011.
Its Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration #161953 is verified active in the state registry, held of record by THE SCIPIONE GROUP LLC — the business itself, not a namesake. It has been BBB Accredited since December 2011 and carries an A+ BBB rating.
What the work looks like is clearest in the permit record and the handful of customer accounts. BuildZoom lists 13 permitted projects, mostly gut bathroom remodels plus kitchen work in West Roxbury, Roslindale, Jamaica Plain and Milton, valued between roughly $10k and $73k. In a 2025 Google review a homeowner described a renovation where the crew gutted a bathroom, removed a half wall, built a kitchen bar and built a deck, calling it an amazing job start to finish; a 2021 reviewer described a bathroom plus 15 replacement windows and singled out communication and responsiveness. Back in 2017 a Reddit commenter in r/boston said they had used Jeff Scipione for a bathroom remodel and got a great job for a fair price.
The volume behind that is small: Google shows 5★ from 4 ratings and just two review bodies are on file, while Houzz and BuildZoom carry no reviews at all — BuildZoom's '100' score is calculated from permits, not from customers. Ask for recent references rather than relying on the score.
One thing worth raising directly: Houzz lists a 'Lead Safe Certification' under the company's own Awards, but BuildZoom shows EPA renovation certification NAT-88347-2 as inactive and at one point cancelled. On a home built before 1978 that certification is a legal requirement, so ask for current EPA RRP documentation. The licence number 100025 and 'MA Unrestricted Constuction Supervisor' shown on Houzz are the company's own listing entries and are not registry-verified here.
Heard around town
On Reddit
Bathroom Tile Repair/Install?Jun 5, 2017
“I used Jeff Scipione (Scipione Group) in West Roxbury when I did my bathroom remodel, and they did a great job for a fair price.”
Jeff and his crew did a fantastic job on my renovation. They gutted the bathroom completely, took out a half wall, built the kitchen bar, built a deck, etc. Amazing job start to finish and great to work with.
Jeff, his crew and the sub contractors did a great job on our bathroom. They also replaced 15 windows for us. Good communication and responsiveness went a long way in making the reno go smoothly.