Bob's Building Co

Bob's Building Company has been working out of New Bedford since 1990. Robert Pires started it after training at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational High School and spending years in kitchen installation, interior trim, framing and custom-home work, and he still owns and runs it — 36 years by the company's own count. The work is new construction, kitchen and bathroom remodels, whole-home remodels, decks, siding, breezeways and sunrooms, for customers within roughly a 40-mile radius of New Bedford. The written record is short and it is old. Google shows 5 stars from two ratings, and the one review with text was posted in July 2019: "Amazing workers do exactly what you want! Best bang for the buck!!" An undated recommendation on a business-networking site calls Bob "an excellent contractor builder that is trustworthy and genuine," saying he gives a fair price and treats a project like his own home. Both point the same way — value and straight dealing — but neither is recent, and there is no detailed account of a specific job anywhere. That makes this a row where the reputation is longstanding rather than freshly documented. If the trade fits — a remodel, an addition, a deck or siding within reach of New Bedford — it is worth a call, but ask for two or three references from jobs finished in the last year or two, and ask to see a recent project in person rather than relying on what is written down.