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Straight answers about what Signature Finish Carpentry installs, how jobs are priced and scheduled, and which towns in Massachusetts and New Hampshire we cover.
The company
Signature Finish Carpentry, Inc. is a finish carpentry company based in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. It installs interior trim and molding, doors and frames, stairs and railings, built-ins and cabinetry, and interior woodwork such as shiplap, slat walls and wood ceilings, for custom homes, additions and remodels.
The company is based in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and works throughout Worcester County and north central Massachusetts, including Leominster, Gardner, Lunenburg, Westminster, Holden and Worcester. It also takes on select projects in southern New Hampshire.
No. Signature Finish Carpentry is a specialty trade that does finish carpentry only. It works for homeowners directly and as a subcontractor for custom home builders and remodeling contractors, and does not do framing, painting or electrical work.
Three kinds of clients: custom home builders who need the full finish package on new construction, remodeling contractors working on additions and kitchen or bath remodels, and homeowners who want anything from one room of crown molding to a whole house of trim.
Call or text (978) 596-5623, email info@signaturefinishcarpentryinc.com, or use the estimate form on the home page. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm, and weekend calls are returned on Monday.
Yes. Signature Finish Carpentry is a registered Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor, HIC #219068, held by owner Ricardo De Melo and valid through April 2028. The registration and a background check are verified on the company's Thumbtack profile.
About ten years. The company worked for years as RS Finish Carpentry before taking the Signature Finish Carpentry name, under the same owner, Ricardo De Melo.
As of October 2026 the company has a 5.0 rating from 16 Google reviews and a 5.0 rating from 29 Thumbtack reviews. Clients most often mention fast responses, showing up on time, a clean job site and close attention to detail, especially on crown molding, stair skirtboards and kitchen cabinets. The reviews are collected on the reviews page.
Services
Finish carpentry is the woodwork installed after the drywall and before the paint: window and door casing, baseboard, crown molding, stairs, railings, built-ins, mantels and ceiling treatments. It is the visible, touchable part of a house, as opposed to framing, which is the structure behind the walls.
Yes. Crown molding, baseboard and shoe, wainscot, board and batten and picture frame paneling are installed on site. Inside corners are coped rather than mitered so they stay closed through New England seasonal movement, and the crown size is chosen to suit the ceiling height and the rest of the trim in the room.
Yes. A single room of crown molding or one stairwell of paneling is a normal job for Signature Finish Carpentry, not too small.
Usually. Profiles can be milled or stacked to match the existing trim, so an addition or a renovated room does not read as new work next to the original house.
Yes, it is one of the most common jobs. The carpet comes off, the stringers are checked, and new treads, risers and skirtboards are installed. Railings can be replaced at the same time with wood, metal or cable balusters.
Yes. Signature Finish Carpentry installs shop or supplier cabinetry for kitchens and baths: setting the boxes level, fitting fillers and panels, and running light rail, toe kick and crown so the cabinets tie into the rest of the trim. It also builds site built cases such as mudroom lockers, pantries, window seats and bookcases.
Yes. Interior and exterior doors, prehung units or jambs built on site for out of square openings, pocket door frames and barn door tracks, along with the hardware: hinges, latches, deadbolts and closers.
Yes. Shiplap and tongue and groove walls, slat and reeded panels, plank and beamed ceilings, box beams or real timber, and accent walls with integrated lighting. Layout, blocking and lighting are planned with the homeowner and electrician before the first board goes up.
Estimates and process
Yes. The walkthrough and the written estimate are free. Signature Finish Carpentry measures the space on site, talks through profiles and materials, and then sends a written scope with the work, the materials and the price.
Each job is priced after a site walkthrough, as a written scope with a fixed price for the work described. Prices are not published online because trim, stair and built-in work depends on the rooms, the materials and the condition of the house.
Either way works. Signature Finish Carpentry can supply and install, or install material that the homeowner or builder already purchased.
No. The trim is installed and prepared so the painter has nothing to hide with caulk, and painting or staining is done by the homeowner's or builder's painter. Signature Finish Carpentry coordinates with them so the schedule is not held up.
Four steps: a walkthrough on site, a written estimate, the installation with the site covered and cleaned daily, and a final walk where any punch list items are fixed before the space is handed over ready for paint.
After the drywall is hung and finished and before final paint. On new construction and remodels, Signature Finish Carpentry schedules around the other trades so the painter and flooring installers can keep moving.
Service area
Fitchburg, Leominster, Gardner, Westminster, Lunenburg, Ashburnham, Townsend, Sterling, Princeton, Lancaster, Clinton, Holden, Worcester, Shrewsbury, Boylston, West Boylston, Harvard, Bolton, Ayer, Groton, Winchendon, Templeton, Hubbardston and Rutland, Massachusetts.
Yes, on select projects in southern New Hampshire. Call (978) 596-5623 with the town and the scope to confirm.
The core area is Worcester County and the bordering towns in Middlesex County such as Ayer, Groton and Townsend. Larger projects further out are considered case by case.
Tell us what you are working on. We will walk the site and put a real number in writing.
