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Essex Builders
Essex Builders is a diversified Boston contractor — 22 segment-eligible permits spanning 5 segments, led by commercial alteration (36%) and residential new (single-family) (36%). Its permit record in Boston spans 2017–2026. Reliable permit valuations total ≈$41.7M (across the 100% of filings with a valuation we can stand behind).
First permit: Apr 26, 2017 (3,415d ago)Latest permit: Jun 26, 2026 (67d ago)
The sales record
- Market
- Boston
- Active
- 2017–2026 · 9 yrs
- Licence IDs on their permits
- —
- Reliable value
- $41.7M
- Coverage
- 100%
- Reliable filings
- 22
- Rank in Boston
- #267
- Permits (all-time, all segments)
- 22
- Filings 90d
- 1
- Filings 30d
- 0
- Latest permit
- Jun 26, 2026
Typical project size$221Ktypically $89K–$3.1M across 22 valued permits
Where they work
Firmographics
License & registration IDs on fileNot in our data — we don’t hold licensing-board registries, and this city’s permit records carry no licence number. This is a gap in our coverage, not a statement about this firm’s licensure.
Direct contactNot in our data — we don’t fabricate firmographics.
Monthly activity
Sep ’250–2 permits/moJun ’26
permits per month permit value
Service area
Typical service area ~1 mi around Somerville
The p90 footprint of where Essex Builders has pulled permits in Boston — drawn from all 22 of their indexed permits. It reflects detected permit activity, not a guaranteed service-area claim.
- Somerville22
Showing 20 of 22 permits by Essex Builders in the indexed window · most recent first
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- Jun 26, 2026Residential New (Single-Family)108 Prospect St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143New Construction Residential Sf$9.4Mapplied Feb 11, 2025
- Nov 20, 2025Residential New (Single-Family)108 Prospect St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143New Construction Residential Sf$800Kapplied Dec 16, 2024
- Sep 22, 2025Residential Demolition108 Prospect St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143Demolition · Residential$10Kapplied Jun 16, 2025
- Sep 22, 2025Residential Demolition108 Prospect St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143Demolition · Residential$88Kapplied May 27, 2025
- Mar 6, 2024Commercial Alteration561 Windsor St, Somerville MassachusettsAlteration$3.6Mapplied Jun 15, 2023
- Jun 23, 2021Commercial Alteration44 Medford St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143Alteration$140Kapplied May 26, 2021
- Sep 11, 2019Residential New (Single-Family)3 Summer St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143New Construction Residential Sf$1.6Mapplied Mar 11, 2019
- Aug 5, 2019Residential New (Single-Family)14 Ward St, Somerville MassachusettsNew Construction Residential Sf$6.7Mapplied Aug 3, 2018
- Jul 31, 2019Residential New (Single-Family)14 Ward St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143New Construction Residential Sf$1.3Mapplied Aug 16, 2018
- Sep 14, 2018Residential Alteration14 Ward St, Somerville MassachusettsAlteration$5Kapplied Aug 15, 2018
- Jul 23, 2018Commercial Demolition27 Horace St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143Demolition · Commercial$30Kapplied Jun 1, 2018
- Jul 23, 2018Commercial Demolition10 Ward St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143Demolition · Commercial$16Kapplied Jun 1, 2018
- Jun 19, 2018Residential New (Single-Family)44 Medford St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143New Construction Residential Sf$4.1Mapplied May 16, 2017
- Jun 12, 2018Commercial Alteration1 Bow Market Way, Somerville Massachusetts 02143Alteration$99Kapplied Apr 17, 2018
- May 11, 2018Commercial Alteration1 Bow Market Way, Somerville Massachusetts 02143Alteration$65Kapplied Apr 4, 2018
- Dec 27, 2017Residential New (Single-Family)44 Medford St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143New Construction Residential Sf$301Kapplied Oct 31, 2017
- Dec 19, 2017Commercial Alteration337 Somerville Ave, Somerville Massachusetts 02143Alteration$477Kapplied Sep 26, 2017
- Sep 21, 2017Residential Demolition44 Medford St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143Demolition · Residential$95Kapplied Jun 2, 2017
- Jul 7, 2017Commercial Alteration337 Somerville Ave, Somerville MassachusettsAlteration$3.9Mapplied Mar 22, 2017
- Apr 26, 2017Commercial Alteration337 Somerville Ave, Somerville MassachusettsAlteration$115Kapplied Mar 20, 2017
Jun 26, 2026 applied Feb 11, 2025 | 108 Prospect St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143 | Residential New (Single-Family) | $9.4M |
Nov 20, 2025 applied Dec 16, 2024 | 108 Prospect St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143 | Residential New (Single-Family) | $800K |
Sep 22, 2025 applied Jun 16, 2025 | 108 Prospect St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143 | Residential Demolition Residential | $10K |
Sep 22, 2025 applied May 27, 2025 | 108 Prospect St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143 | Residential Demolition Residential | $88K |
Mar 6, 2024 applied Jun 15, 2023 | 561 Windsor St, Somerville Massachusetts | Commercial Alteration | $3.6M |
Jun 23, 2021 applied May 26, 2021 | 44 Medford St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143 | Commercial Alteration | $140K |
Sep 11, 2019 applied Mar 11, 2019 | 3 Summer St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143 | Residential New (Single-Family) | $1.6M |
Aug 5, 2019 applied Aug 3, 2018 | 14 Ward St, Somerville Massachusetts | Residential New (Single-Family) | $6.7M |
Jul 31, 2019 applied Aug 16, 2018 | 14 Ward St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143 | Residential New (Single-Family) | $1.3M |
Sep 14, 2018 applied Aug 15, 2018 | 14 Ward St, Somerville Massachusetts | Residential Alteration | $5K |
Jul 23, 2018 applied Jun 1, 2018 | 27 Horace St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143 | Commercial Demolition Commercial | $30K |
Jul 23, 2018 applied Jun 1, 2018 | 10 Ward St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143 | Commercial Demolition Commercial | $16K |
Jun 19, 2018 applied May 16, 2017 | 44 Medford St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143 | Residential New (Single-Family) | $4.1M |
Jun 12, 2018 applied Apr 17, 2018 | 1 Bow Market Way, Somerville Massachusetts 02143 | Commercial Alteration | $99K |
May 11, 2018 applied Apr 4, 2018 | 1 Bow Market Way, Somerville Massachusetts 02143 | Commercial Alteration | $65K |
Dec 27, 2017 applied Oct 31, 2017 | 44 Medford St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143 | Residential New (Single-Family) | $301K |
Dec 19, 2017 applied Sep 26, 2017 | 337 Somerville Ave, Somerville Massachusetts 02143 | Commercial Alteration | $477K |
Sep 21, 2017 applied Jun 2, 2017 | 44 Medford St, Somerville Massachusetts 02143 | Residential Demolition Residential | $95K |
Jul 7, 2017 applied Mar 22, 2017 | 337 Somerville Ave, Somerville Massachusetts | Commercial Alteration | $3.9M |
Apr 26, 2017 applied Mar 20, 2017 | 337 Somerville Ave, Somerville Massachusetts | Commercial Alteration | $115K |
Sites Essex Builders returns to1 in Boston
Addresses where Essex Builders has pulled repeat permits and the site itself has a deep permit history (25+ permits, all contractors). Each links to that parcel’s full record.
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