John J Call

One kind of work, filed over and over for decades. Operating from Edgehill Road in Haverhill as John J Call Construction, the permit history BuildZoom carries is almost entirely weatherization — blown-in cellulose in attics and walls, air sealing, venting, weatherstripping — 141 permitted projects in all, 19 of them in the past three years, at a typical value around $9,735 and mostly in Methuen. The Better Business Bureau profile at the same address fills in the business behind it: Home Energy Consultants, Inc., trading as Housecall, with Mr. John J. Call as proprietor, six employees, and a start date of 1978. The bureau describes energy-conservation work more broadly than the permits do — passive solar homes and additions, insulation and retrofitting, replacement windows and doors. Neither directory carries a customer voice. BuildZoom states it has received no reviews for this contractor, and the BBB shows the business Not Rated and unaccredited, saying it lacks sufficient information; it lists no reviews and no complaints. On licensing, treat the directory entry as exactly that. BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts construction supervisor license, #CS-036866, as active and says it verified that in July 2026 — that is BuildZoom's claim, not a state registry check made here. The same profile shows two City of Newton licenses it did not verify, last seen expiring in December 2022. For an insulation or air-sealing job around Haverhill and Methuen, this is a long-running outfit that does little else. You would be hiring without any published customer account to weigh, so ask for recent local references, and confirm the license status directly with the state before signing anything.