Baer Custom Carpentry

Baer Custom Carpentry is a Brewster, Cape Cod carpentry contractor built around framing, custom home building, additions and whole-house remodeling, by its own account. BBB lists Brian N. Baer as the company's manager, and Massachusetts's registry confirms his personal Construction Supervisor license (CS-090633) is active. There's only one retrievable review, from December 2019 — but it's a real, detailed one. A homeowner in Orleans described a cedar shake siding job as quality work, then added that several of the newly installed shakes started splitting within months and a couple came loose, and that reaching Baer for a warranty fix was difficult: too busy, in the reviewer's telling, moving on to the next job to return calls. Google separately shows 4.5 stars from two ratings, and Houzz shows 5.0 from six ratings across eleven projects, plus two Houzz awards and badges — though neither platform's individual review text is retrievable, so those numbers stand on their own rather than adding detail to the one written account. Two things worth confirming before signing anything: the company's Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration (HIC 185614) shows expired in the state registry, even though Baer's personal supervisor license is current — worth asking how the two line up. And since the one detailed account on file describes a callback problem, it's worth asking directly what the process looks like if a repair is needed after the crew leaves. Baer looks like a reasonable call for framing-centered carpentry — additions, custom builds, decks, siding — on the Cape, provided a homeowner checks the HIC status and pins down warranty expectations going in. BBB does not accredit the company and has no rating on file for it.