Peabody Huggins Mechanical Services

Peabody Huggins Mechanical Services works out of Middleton, installing, maintaining, and repairing heating and cooling systems for homes and businesses, including heat pumps and geothermal setups. Its own website says the company has been doing this for over 27 years — though Better Business Bureau records show the business itself was only started in 2019, so it's worth asking how that history lines up before assuming decades under this name. What outside sources actually verify holds up well: a 4.6-star average across 50 Google ratings, an A+ grade and BBB accreditation dating to 2022, and a BuildZoom score of 90 that puts it ahead of roughly half of Massachusetts's registered contractors. Its state HVAC license, 892-SM-B, is active. Third-party write-ups about the company tend to circle back to the same idea — a heating or cooling system failing, and a crew that gets it running again, with reviewers pointing to how prompt and professional the response was. The company is a Mitsubishi Diamond Dealer, useful to know if a ductless heat pump is on the table, and it participates in Mass Save, which matters for anyone chasing a state rebate on a heat pump swap. It's also listed as a Bryant installation and repair specialist. The public review base is still fairly thin, though — 50 ratings on Google and no visible review or complaint count on its BBB page — so there's less volume to lean on than a shop with a few hundred reviews behind it. For an HVAC install, repair, or heat-pump upgrade where manufacturer backing and a clean license matter, Peabody Huggins has the credentials to support a call. Before booking, it's worth clarifying how long the current business has actually been operating, since the website and the BBB paperwork don't agree.