The Yankee Craftsman

The Yankee Craftsman, based in Montgomery, MA, says it's an owner-operated remodeling outfit — the owner on-site daily rather than handing jobs to subcontractors — serving Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut for what its own site puts at 20-plus years (one page banner separately says 27). The one written review on file, from 2011, described door work the company installed as 'very nice,' calling the work itself 'very good' — a short but positive account, and the only customer write-up currently attached to the business. A 2010 review that Angi and HomeAdvisor's own totals mix into this company's listed 4.5-star average actually names a different contractor, 'Mike of Pro-Maintenance,' so it doesn't describe this business. Between the company's own site and the directories, its stated years in business range from 20 to 31 depending on where you look — worth asking directly how long it has actually operated under this name. Its self-reported services span room additions, basement and garage conversions, custom carpentry, seamless metal roofing, and fire and water damage repair, though there isn't yet a written review describing any of that specific work. For an addition, conversion, or carpentry job in the Western Mass/Northern Connecticut corridor, this looks like a small, owner-run shop worth a call — ask for recent references and current licensing, since the written record here is thin.