Third Generation Construction

The first thing to settle before calling Third Generation Construction is its paperwork. Massachusetts shows the company's home improvement contractor registration, #136427, as expired — it lapsed on 30 March 2013 and the state still lists it that way. The business itself is real and has worked: state records name Third Generation Construction Inc. as the registrant, BuildZoom names Frank Barbosa as owner, and its permit history runs to 20 permitted projects between 2011 and 2022 in Somerville, Malden, Everett, Arlington, Waltham and Milton. What is thin is anything from the people who hired them. No customer reviews sit on the directories carrying the company, and the one piece of public word is a warning: in an April 2021 r/Somerville thread from someone hunting for a general contractor, a commenter wrote that they had found bad ones and told readers to stay well away from "Third Generation Contractors". That is a single anonymous comment, now five years old, with nothing said about the job behind it — a reason for caution, not a verdict on the work. BuildZoom lists a second Massachusetts registration for the company, #187173, as inactive as well. If you are still considering them, the first question is whether the registration has been renewed — check it yourself on the state's Contractor Hub before signing anything, and ask for recent references, since there is no written customer history to lean on.