Berg Building & Remodeling

Berg Building & Remodeling is a one-person general contracting business run by owner Daryl Berg out of 9 Foss Terrace in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with its Houzz listing filed under nearby Swampscott. The work it advertises runs from custom homes and additions down to basement finishing, bathrooms, decks, custom finish work and waterproofing. The homeowner accounts on file are few and all from a decade ago. In a February 2016 review, a couple thanked Daryl by name for turning a cold, empty basement into a bright, modern spa-like bathroom, singling out constant clean-up, meticulous attention to fine details and a crew that never left them feeling inconvenienced. In June 2016 another customer who hired the company for several smaller exterior projects called it professional, reliable and reasonably priced. A March 2017 reviewer described a large basement build-out — bedroom, bathroom, bar, home theater and gym — and was more measured: they said the quality was "ok" and that the job ran about two years. That timeline is the thing worth raising before signing. Ask for a written schedule with milestones, and about crew size on larger builds: the Better Business Bureau file lists the business as a single employee, which is a fit worth understanding for a project the size of a full basement conversion or an addition. On credentials, the Better Business Bureau grades the business A+ while also stating plainly it is not BBB accredited — two separate facts, not one. Its Houzz listing shows a construction supervisor licence number, CS-104819, along with RRP, CSL and HIC references and a TimberTech and Azek certification, but those are the directory's entries rather than verified records; ask to see the licence and Home Improvement Contractor registration numbers directly and check them with the state before work starts. The BBB file dates from March 2014. This is a plausible fit for a Marblehead-area homeowner who wants an owner-on-site builder for finish-heavy interior work and is willing to check current references themselves, since the public record here stops in 2017.