Mark A. Hogan and Son Construction

Thirty-five years in one small city. Mark A. Hogan and Son says it started in 1990 as a carpentry company in Newburyport and has stayed deliberately small since, which is the whole proposition here — the same outfit doing the same kind of work in the same place for three decades. What that work is, by its own description: kitchen and bathroom renovations, additions, decking and siding, run as a general contractor with carpentry underneath it. The company also says it takes commercial jobs alongside residential ones. It appears on the Newburyport Chamber of Commerce member list, which at least corroborates that it is where it says it is. The one piece of open-web word of mouth needs its provenance stated plainly. In an August 2024 r/northshore thread from a homeowner looking for someone to replace windows, a commenter recommended the business and, in the same sentence, identified the owner as their father — "My dad often does windows, he's in Newburyport and does great work." That is a family recommendation, not a neighbour's, and it should be read that way. It does tell you windows are routine work here, which lines up with the siding and exterior work the company lists. Beyond that, there is nothing written by past customers to weigh, which is why no rating is published. This is a reasonable call for window and siding replacement or a kitchen or bath renovation in the Newburyport area, from a contractor who has been doing it locally a long time. Because the public record is so thin, do the diligence yourself: ask for its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration number and certificate of insurance, and take the company up on its offer of references from recent local jobs.