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Ryley Builders
48 years in business3.4
Local business · Brewster, MALocal business · 133 MacLean Rd, Brewster, MA 02631
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Ellison Timberframes works on the frames that hold Cape Cod's old buildings up. A Cape Cod Times photograph shows Ian Ellison and his son Tanner at one of the posts where they will put in a nailer board on the historic 20-by-20-foot barn at the Nickerson Family Association's North Chatham campus. The name goes back on the Cape at least to 2001, when a Cape Cod Times story mentioned a man who worked for Ellison Timberframes in Harwich. Ian Ellison himself turns up in the region's preservation circles: a 2014 Sandwich history page records his visit to the Hamlin barn in the Town Hall Historic District, and a 2021 Cape Cod Times article, which describes him as a member of Carpenters Without Borders, has him dating a wooden pipe to sometime in the 1800s. He also talks about the work publicly — a June 2026 post on a Cape Cod historic-homes blog describes him showing an audience slide after slide of timber-framed structures. For a barn frame or an old Cape building whose timbers need someone comfortable with historic joinery, this is a Brewster shop working in exactly that world. Ask to see frames he has raised near you, and get the scope, the drawings and the price in writing before anyone starts cutting.
“In slide after slide, Ellison shows images of timber framed structures”
“Ellison, of Ellison Timberframes and a member of Carpenters Without Borders, dates the wooden pipe to be built sometime in the 1800s.”
“Ian Ellison of Ellison Timberframes, meanwhile, has visited the Hamlin barn, which is situated in the Town Hall Historic District and remains a part of Sandwich history.”
“Bissell, who works for Ellison Timberframes in Harwich, has a son, Cameron, a sixth-grader at the charter school.”
“rrily CassidyDec. 18, 2025, 5:00 a.m. ETIan Ellison, left, and his son Tanner Ellison look at one of the posts where they will put in a nailer board. Work continues on the historic 20-by-20-foot barn on the Nickerson Family Association's North Chatham campus. Ian Ellison of Ellison Timberframes is the contractor on the project. The barn belonged to the son of William and Anne Nickerson, who are known as the “father and mother” of Chatham. The barn, believed to be the oldest in Chatham, was donated to the association in 2021. It was found that some of the timbers date back to variou”
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Ellison Timberframes. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
A typical single-level deck is 12×16 — about 200 sq ft.
Estimated range
$7,750 – $14,500
Typical carpentry project around $11,100
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48 years in business3.4