Handren Bros. Builders

Three brothers run Handren Bros. Builders out of Harwich — John, David and Gregory Handren, who the company's site says are all certified construction supervisors and involved in each project. The site puts the company near its 30th year working Chatham, Harwich and the surrounding lower Cape, and BuildZoom's profile counts 78 permitted projects. What they build runs from custom homes and additions down to trim work, with kitchen, bath and basement remodels in between. A homeowner writing in January 2024 described a remodel of their 40-plus-year-old Cape Cod kitchen, demolition through final touches, and called the brothers attentive, professional and responsive — adding that every subcontractor they recommended was skilled too. Back in 2013, a supplier who had installed product on their jobs singled out the same attention to detail. The company's Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #108629, is active, and BuildZoom separately lists construction supervisor licence #CS-078868. Two Chatham Historical Preservation Awards, from 2008 and 2011, and membership in the Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Cape Cod round out what they hang their name on. For a Chatham or Harwich homeowner planning an addition, a custom build or a kitchen taken back to the studs, this is a small family outfit with a long permit history close to home. Ask which of those 78 projects most resembles yours, get the scope and allowances in writing, and ask for a couple of recent homeowner references.