Advanced Builders

Advanced Builders is a Budd Lake, New Jersey outfit built around one name customers keep coming back to: Charlie. Across sixteen Google reviews running from 2022 into early 2026, the same pattern repeats — homeowners hire him for one project, then call him back for the next one. The work spans nearly every room in the house. Reviewers describe a full first-floor rebuild after a flood, a kitchen renovation, bathroom gut-remodels (one homeowner liked the first enough to book Charlie for a second), a second-level addition, and a run of deck projects — new composite decking with custom railings and stairs, a full back-yard deck redo, and a straightforward deck build. Floor sanding and staining, new cabinets and windows, molding work, vinyl siding, and an emergency response to roof ice damming round out the list. Google puts the business at 4.5 stars from 35 ratings, and the reviews back that up with specifics: quotes delivered when promised, crews arriving on time, and — in the flood-restoration case — a plan that turned a disaster into an upgraded, remodeled first floor. The one weak spot in the record isn't really about the work at all. A 2025 review is marked two stars, but reading it, the complaint is that the reviewer couldn't get the company's website to load ("Bandwidth limit exceeded") — they say outright, "They may do great work but I can't find additional info!" It's worth checking that the business's online presence is current before relying on it, but it isn't a mark against the actual craftsmanship. What's worth asking about before booking: with a roster this wide — decks, additions, bathrooms, kitchens, roofing repairs, flooring — it's fair to ask how a given project fits into the schedule, since several reviewers mention being repeat clients who came back for follow-up work. If you want one contractor who can take on a deck this year and a bathroom gut next year without starting the vetting process over, this track record supports it — reviewers consistently point to clear communication and showing up when promised as the reason they came back.