Derek Barnes Construction

Derek Barnes runs a one-man construction business out of 426 Nantasket Ave in Hull, and has since 2005 — BBB and Porch both put it at 21 years. The specialty list is worth reading twice: insurance claims, structural repairs and structural rot, on top of the usual kitchens, baths, additions, roofing, siding, windows and decks. That is rot and water-damage work in a coastal town, which is a real niche. The written record is thin against that. Porch shows a 5.00 average from ten online reviews and Houzz a 5.0 from one, but a single review body is published anywhere: in July 2024 a customer wrote that from the first call through the entire process the communication was totally transparent, and recommended Derek and his team. BBB, which files him under Carpenter, has not rated the business, saying it lacks sufficient information to do so. He lists Nahant in his service area, alongside a wide South Shore and Greater Boston band. The right call if you have rot, storm or insurance-claim work on a coastal house and want the owner doing it rather than a crew you never meet. Because eleven platform ratings sit behind one written account, ask for two or three references from jobs finished in the last year — and, since the work he advertises is structural, ask for his current construction supervisor licence number before signing.