The Wilbur Group, Inc

The first thing to settle with the Wilbur Group is the paperwork. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #190571, is expired in the state registry, held under the company's own name — a fact worth raising before any conversation about a project starts. The Hull-based company, run by Jose Pineda, describes itself as a builder with more than 30 years behind it and a resume that leans commercial: it says it has finished Walgreens, Starbucks, B. Good and UPS buildouts around Swampscott and Marblehead, an O'Reilly in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and reconstruction work for insurers after residential losses. Those are the company's own claims. What can be traced independently is narrower — a handful of Cambridge building permits from 2015 and 2016 for roofs and a rebuilt entrance, in the $12,000 to $17,000 range. The trades it advertises run wide: siding, doors and windows, gutters and flashing, framing and finish carpentry, decks, drywall and plaster. No customer has written about them anywhere we can find — no star rating, no review, on any platform. That is the honest state of things, and it means there is nothing to weigh either way about how the work turns out. Anyone considering them should ask directly about the registration status, request references from recent residential jobs, and confirm insurance before signing.