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East Wood Builders is a Winchester, Massachusetts general contractor run by Chris Burke, and the same story repeats across its reviews: full kitchen and bathroom renovations, handled from demo to finish, plus the occasional multi-trade emergency. The company says on its own site that it serves the greater Boston area with hands-on general contracting, though the tenure numbers it gives don't quite agree — 20-plus years on its home page, 14 years in its own site data, 12 on Thumbtack, and 20 on Angi. What stands out in the reviews is range rather than a single specialty. One Winchester homeowner has hired the company several times over five years, for jobs from move-in prep work to a major in-wall pipe leak to a backyard drainage-pipe extension, and calls the crew skilled and thorough. Another customer had a 60-foot brick chimney collapse onto their kitchen roof the week before Christmas 2024; the crew came out immediately to shore up the structure, then worked through the full sequence — repairing the damaged roof, removing the chimney, rerouting plumbing, and finally rebuilding the kitchen. A separate homeowner hired the company for a full kitchen and bathroom renovation and, in a review posted to both Google and Thumbtack, described the crew as professional, on-time, and transparent about costs and changes throughout. Others mention a backyard deck built for reasonable pricing and a full basement-and-bathroom job finished quickly. Every review on file, across Google, Angi and Thumbtack, rates the work five stars, and Angi lists the business as family-owned with free estimates and Spanish-language service. One thing worth a second look: a five-star Google review describing a repeat customer's '3rd or 4th major job' names the business 'East Coast Builders' rather than East Wood Builders — most likely a naming slip rather than a different company, but it's the kind of mismatch worth confirming. For a homeowner weighing a mid-size renovation, or bracing for an unexpected structural repair, East Wood Builders' record points to a crew comfortable running multi-trade jobs — plumbing, roofing, framing — under one roof rather than sticking to a single lane. Worth asking for a current timeline and getting the scope in writing before a larger project starts.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from East Wood Builders. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$23,000 – $35,000
Typical remodeling project around $29,000
East Coast Builders is an amazing team of contractors! The latest job is either the 3rd or 4th major job that they have performed for us. Excellent craftsmanship and efficiency. We are very proud to call them our contracting and construction company.
I have used East Wood Builders several times over the past five years since having moved to Winchester and highly recommend them. Projects I have engaged them for range from smaller or random move-in get house ready type jobs, to a major pipe leak in wall resulting in damage impacting multiple floors, to exterior yardwork where extension of a drainage pipe was installed to prevent backyard flooding. I believe they are extensively skilled, attentive to detail, comprehensive/exhaustive/versatile/thoughtful in approach, and yield quality results. One thing I particularly value in the work they do is that they are just really kind people who are easy to work with and genuinely care that the job gets done right and done well. All of their team members are respectful, trustworthy and some of the nicest people that I’ve had the pleasure of working with and inviting into my home. Especially helpful and efficient to their process is their affiliations and relationships with other service providers/ specialists (plumbers, electricians, mold experts,etc…) that are sometimes necessary to draw into a job in order to make sure it is done properly. They do all of the coordination, they keep things moving fluidly and it becomes a very easy process from start to finish for the project at hand. Finally, I find that they will try to think out of the box or be creative for other non-urgent projects that you come up with. They’ll give you suggestions, ideas, options, quotes, and are very helpful to the process of supporting you in what you are trying to accomplish.
Chris Burke and his team built a beautiful deck for my wife and I. Their attention to detail was amazing. Pricing was very reasonable. And they didn't get distracted and drift away to other jobs before they were done with ours.
Chris and Chris are great. Responsive, fair price, good quality work fast. They did a full basement and bathrooms. Really enjoyed working with them.
“We hired East Wood Builders for a full kitchen and bathroom renovation, and they exceeded our expectations. The crew was professional, on-time, and kept the site clean. They walked us through every step and were transparent about costs and changes. Our new space looks incredible—highly recommend!”
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