W McKay Construction LLC

W McKay Construction LLC is a two-generation carpentry outfit — William McKay and William McKay III — working the Merrimack Valley and North Shore. Houzz files it under woodworkers and carpenters and lists a 26-town service area from North Andover; BuildZoom lists the business at 4 Powder Mill in Rowley. The company's own pitch is high-end finish work with in-house design, plus vendor management on larger jobs. The permit trail is the most solid thing here: eight permitted projects in Littleton, North Andover, Byfield, Newbury, Melrose and Newburyport, most in the $34,000 to $55,000 range — kitchens, an attic conversion, a tenant apartment rebuilt frame to finish, a deck and entry rework. That is real, checkable work in the trade they claim. What's thin is what homeowners have said. Three reviews total, both sources combined, and none of them recent; the Houzz profile has never collected one. That is not enough to put a number on how they perform today. The licence picture needs a direct question. BuildZoom shows a Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, number 179265, that it could not verify — last seen expiring in July 2018, with a second record listing the same number as cancelled. Houzz separately shows a different number, CS-089332, and self-claimed HIC, CSL and OSHA 10 credentials that nobody has checked. Both sites list million-dollar liability and workers' comp policies on the company's own word. Worth a call if you want a finish carpenter with a permitted remodeling history in this corner of Essex County. Before signing anything, ask for the current HIC registration and construction supervisor licence numbers, look them up yourself at the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs, and get certificates of insurance sent by the insurer.