William R Rowe

William R Rowe works out of 8 Giles Street in Methuen, and what he actually does is documented by town permits rather than by customers. A 2023 Methuen permit tells the story: pull out a whirlpool tub, take down the walk-in shower, demolish the walls and floor, frame and drywall a new doorway into a closet, prep the wall and base for tile — a $7,950 residential bathroom reconfiguration, closed out as complete. Earlier filings cover a 24-by-25 garage and breezeway added to the back of a house, and an attic insulation upgrade. The gap is customers. BuildZoom, the only place this business surfaces, says plainly that it has received no reviews for him. So there is nothing from anyone who hired him to weigh, and no rating belongs here. The BuildZoom score of 93 printed at the top of that page is calculated from permit activity, not from anyone's opinion of the work — read it as a measure of filed paperwork, not craftsmanship. Licensing is the thing to pin down before you call. BuildZoom lists a home improvement contractor registration and a construction supervisor licence, but its own block contradicts itself: the same construction supervisor number appears once as active and once as cancelled, and two different HIC numbers show up, one active and one cancelled. None of it was confirmed against the state registry, so all of it remains that directory's claim. He is a plausible call for a bathroom reconfiguration or a small addition in Methuen — the permits show he has done both, at real scope, in this town. Ask him directly for his current HIC and construction supervisor numbers and check them yourself with the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation and the Department of Public Safety. Ask for references too, since there are none published to read.