Theodore B Grab

Theodore B Grab works out of 1029 Humphrey St in Swampscott, reachable at (781) 454-5609, and holds Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration number 180660, verified as active against the state registry in his own name. The permit record is unusually specific about what he actually does: finishing basements. Of 35 permitted projects on file, the described ones are almost all below grade. In January 2025 he permitted a $40,000 basement finish in Medway with a 3/4 bathroom and an office; in September 2024, another Medway basement at $23,000 with a 3/4 bathroom and a media room. Earlier work follows the same pattern — a $34,000 South Easton basement in April 2021 with a family room, office, 3/4 bathroom, laundry, utility room and HVAC room; a $27,600 Cohasset basement in September 2019 with a family room, 3/4 bathroom and workout area; a $23,000 Burlington basement in August 2019 with a family room, workout room, pantry and utility closets; and a $36,761 Newton conversion in 2014 into clean dry storage, laundry and pantry. He has also handled repair work of the same kind: a $12,000 Peabody job in 2017 stripping out a water-damaged finished basement, replacing wallboard, ceiling and insulation, repairing damaged structure and bringing the electrics up to code. So the jobs are mid-sized, repeat in shape, and recent — four of the 35 permits fall in the last three years. BuildZoom scores the profile 97, above 82 percent of Massachusetts contractors, and its own blurb describes 19 years in the industry. What there is none of is customer feedback: no reviews appear on the profile, so nothing describes how those jobs ran day to day. BuildZoom also lists four Newton municipal registrations under his name that are either unverified since a December 2022 expiration or marked inactive — only the state HIC registration is confirmed current. If your project is a basement conversion with a bathroom in it, his permit history matches that job description more closely than most general remodelers. Ask for references from the two Medway basements, since they are the most recent, and confirm the registration number with the Office of Consumer Affairs yourself.