WZ Contracting
Local business
Verified record
- Not rated by the BBB
Highlights
- Design-build range — kitchens, baths, additions and basements in one shop
- Custom cabinetry — cabinets and vanities built in-house per Houzz
- Houzz rating — 5.0 from 8 ratings on the profile
- No review text — Houzz publishes 8 ratings with no bodies
- Location conflict — profile says Methuen in one place, Reading in another
- Two phone numbers — a 401 and a 262 area code on one profile
- Dated portfolio — posted projects run 2009 to 2014
- Licence claims — CSL, HIC and lead-safe numbers are directory-listed only
WZ Contracting is a design-build remodeler working the Reading, Melrose and Woburn belt north of Boston. Its Houzz profile describes the owner as both a building contractor and a degreed engineer (a BSME from Clarkson University), and the About text places the business in Methuen, MA — though the same profile's address block reads Reading, MA 01867, so it is worth asking where the shop actually operates from. The work on offer is broad for a remodeler: bathroom and kitchen remodeling, home remodeling and additions, custom cabinets and vanities, basement remodeling, and flooring and tile installation. Thirteen projects are posted on Houzz, dated 2009 to 2014 and sited in Reading and Melrose, spanning small painting and appliance jobs through full house, kitchen, bath, basement, garage and deck builds, with typical job cost listed as $500 to $350,000. The customer record is thin in a specific way. Houzz shows a 5.0 rating from 8 ratings, but the profile publishes no review bodies, authors or dates — so there is a strong headline number with nothing behind it explaining what those eight homeowners actually experienced. The posted project photos are also more than a decade old, which says little about how the business runs today. Credentials here are the company's own directory claims, not verified statuses. Houzz lists a Massachusetts Construction Supervisor License and Home Improvement Contractor registration, printing Mass CSL#105376 and HIC#168889, plus a Lead Safe Certified number LR001455. Ask to see current copies of each and check them against the state registries yourself. Also worth clearing up before you call: the profile publishes two different phone numbers — a 401 (Rhode Island) number in the About text and a 262 (Wisconsin) number in the business details — neither of them a Massachusetts line. WZ Contracting is a plausible call for a north-of-Boston kitchen, bath or whole-home remodel where an engineer-owner's design-build approach appeals. Confirm which town and phone number are current, ask for references from work completed in the last few years rather than the 2009–2014 portfolio, and verify the CSL, HIC and lead-safe numbers directly with the state before signing anything.
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Update history
Re-analyzed rating 3.6 → 3.5
- behind the score: No review text — Houzz publishes 8 ratings with no bodies
Established rating 3.6
- behind the score: No readable reviews — a 5.0 from 8 with no accounts shown
What does a kitchen remodel cost in Greater Boston?
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from WZ Contracting. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Cabinets are roughly 30% of a kitchen budget.
Estimated range
$23,000 – $35,000
Typical kitchen remodel around $29,000