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David F Tocci is a Needham, MA general contractor who, per BuildZoom, has 36 years of experience building single-family homes in the area, with an active Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration (#177259) and Construction Supervisor license (#CS-039219) alongside an older, inactive Home Improvement Contractor number. The written record is thin but pointed: in a 2013 review, a specialty contractor who had built custom closets for him over more than 20 years called his homes high quality compared to most others he'd worked alongside, and said he'd hire him again for a house of his own. A separate 2013 review calls him simply the best builder of fine homes around, with a reputation the reviewer wouldn't trade for anyone else's. Both accounts are dated - nothing more recent is on file - but they come from people who worked with him directly rather than one-off customers. BuildZoom's permit records show 8 permitted projects, mostly new single-family construction and demolitions in Needham, Newton and Waban, spanning back to 1990. One thing worth sorting out directly: web references to "Tocci" also turn up a much larger, Woburn-based construction management firm handling major multifamily developments across Massachusetts - a different scale of business than this Needham profile. Before assuming any of that company's project history applies here, confirm with David F Tocci which projects and relationships are actually his. For someone building or substantially renovating a single-family home in the Needham area who wants a long-tenured, license-verified builder, this is a reasonable name to call - just get references closer to today's date, since the written praise on file is over a decade old.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from TOCCI DEVELOPMENT. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Estimated range
$23,000 – $35,000
Typical remodeling project around $29,000
“said Marvin Lahoud, a partner at Woburn-based Tocci.”
“Contractor: TOCCI”
“Tocci Developing Corp. v. IRIV Associates, LLC, C.A. No. 19-00405 (Mass. Tremendous. Ct. Nov. 19, 2020).”
“Construction Manager TOCCI”
The best builder of fine homes. You will not find a finer builder. Best reputation ever bar none. I would not use any other.
As a specialty contractor I have built custom closets for David Tocci for over 20 years. The homes David builds are very high quality as compared to many I've worked on. With decades of experience there should be no worries about his ability to perform well. I would hire him to build a house for myself if I was in the market for a new home. -Steve Nickse
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