Ball Design Build

Ball Design And Build is the kind of New Hampshire outfit homeowners find when the job is bigger than a contractor call — a whole house, an addition, an in-law apartment over a garage. The company describes itself as a design-build firm handling custom homes, renovations, kitchen work and accessory dwelling units, and names Nashua, Milford, Amherst, Brookfield and Mason as the towns it serves. BBB lists Ball Design-Build, LLC in Milford as a construction and remodeling company nineteen years in business, with an A+ BBB grade and no accreditation. What the written record keeps circling back to is one person: Nate. Across ten five-star reviews on Google and Houzz, homeowners describe same-day answers, progress photos sent unprompted, and a builder present at every stage of the job. The accounts are unusually concrete. A 2019 reviewer had a 725-square-foot ADU built over an oversized two-car garage and said the estimate landed on the final number and the site stayed clean throughout. A 2014 kitchen job meant gutting the room, removing a wall to absorb an unused dining room, and enlarging and moving a picture window — finished a few days early and on budget. A couple building their first home in 2016 said it came in ahead of schedule and under budget. The two newest accounts, both from early 2025, cover an addition matched to a 1748 historic house and a home built for owners three time zones away. How current that record is matters. Houzz shows 5.0 stars from eight reviews and eleven projects; Google shows 5 stars from three ratings. Eight of the ten written accounts predate 2022, so most of the detailed storytelling describes work done several years ago, with the two recent reviews dated January and February 2025. One paperwork item is worth raising before signing. BuildZoom lists an EPA renovation certification for the company, NAT-66953-2, and records it as inactive and cancelled since July 2020. That is the federal lead-safe renovation credential, and it applies to work on pre-1978 houses — ask whether it has been renewed. New Hampshire does not register general contractors or home-improvement contractors statewide, so there is no state licence to look up for this trade; BuildZoom scoring the company 0 for lack of a verified active licence reflects that absence of a registry, not a finding about this business. This suits a homeowner planning custom construction or a substantial remodel who wants one hands-on builder running the job. Ask for references from the last two years, confirm the lead-safe certification if the house is older, and get the scope in writing.