Heritage Custom Builders

Dave Gray came up in the trade — the son of a carpenter who, by the company's own account, took a summer job with a North Shore builder at thirteen — and started Heritage Custom Builders in Beverly in 2018. It is a general contracting and carpentry firm with its own carpentry crews, working the North Shore on new homes, additions and renovations, and taking framing, siding and finish carpentry work for other builders. The permits show the range. BuildZoom's file lists a $135,000 pool house and storage building in Danvers in 2021, a $10,800 Danvers bathroom remodel completed in 2022, and a $10,000 cosmetic remodel of two bathrooms at a Peabody multi-family in 2020 — the same outfit handling a modest bath refresh and an outbuilding from the ground up. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #191484, is active on the state registry in the company's name, and BuildZoom scores it 91, putting it in the top 37% of licensed contractors in the state. If you are on the North Shore and want a builder whose own crews swing the hammers — an addition, a new build, or the framing and trim on a bigger project — this is that kind of shop. Ask Gray which parts of your job his crews do themselves and which go to subs, and get the schedule and allowances written into the contract before you sign.