Carney Builders, LLC

One review, six years old, and a nine-project portfolio — that is everything the open web says about Carney Builders. The company works out of 92A River St in West Newton and says it has been at design, remodeling and home building since 2001. Its Houzz profile lays out the full design-build range: whole-home renovations and restorations, additions, custom homes and new construction, kitchens and baths, decks, porches, garages and pool houses. Nine projects are posted there. The written account is dated but real. In July 2020 a homeowner gave five stars for a kitchen renovation, describing Dave and his team as professional, clean and courteous, and signing off "My kitchen is STUNNING!" That is one voice from six years ago on a single platform, which is why the rating here sits in the middle rather than near the top — the praise is genuine, but nothing written since tells you how the company runs today. If you are weighing them for a substantial renovation or addition around Newton and Boston, ask for references from the past year or two and for finished addresses you can go and look at, since the public trail runs to 2020 and stops. Confirm the Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration with the state before signing.