Daniel Harvey Construction

Daniel Harvey Construction is a Marblehead general contractor and finish carpentry shop that leans on structural, higher-dollar renovation work rather than volume. The company's site says it has served Boston's North Shore since 2017, run by owner Daniel Robert Harvey, a Boston College graduate who also holds a UCLA Construction Management certificate; the business does kitchens, bathrooms, additions, decks, basement conversions, and what it calls historically accurate restoration, with custom cabinetry and millwork built in its own shop. Public permit records tied to the company back that up with real project detail: a $100,350 renovation on Hathaway Road in November 2023 that involved a new kitchen and third-floor bathroom, removed structural and non-structural first-floor walls, and added new cabinetry and millwork, plus a $102,500 kitchen-and-bathrooms job on Alexander Circle the same year and a full bathroom renovation completed in 2022 — all three finished, all three in Marblehead. The only two Google reviews on file, both from mid-2024, describe the same care: one homeowner had old carpet ripped out and laminate installed across a stairway, hallway, and two bedrooms with clear communication throughout, and another had a 20-year-old wood deck and backstairs rebuilt in composite with the existing structure reinforced, praising the crew's punctuality and attention to detail. The company's Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, held under its LLC, DRH Builders, is active and verified directly against the state registry; an earlier registration held personally by Daniel Harvey has since expired, consistent with the business having moved to the LLC structure. Worth knowing before calling: BuildZoom's own permit-derived score puts the company at 91, just below the 95-point threshold the directory itself recommends looking for, and the profile has no customer reviews there — its reputation so far rests on a small number of direct references rather than a large public review history. For a homeowner planning a real gut renovation or a structural addition on the North Shore, the permit record and the two detailed reviews point to careful, well-communicated work; with such a small sample, it's worth asking for references from a couple of the completed projects directly.