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KA Building and Remodeling is the Waltham shop people call when a basement, a porch or a set of stairs needs building rather than patching. Ken and Jeff run the crew, and the company says it has been doing this out of Waltham since 1986, taking on design, construction, repair, stairs and railings, and porches and decks for homes and commercial spaces. The jobs customers describe are finish-out work. In May 2026 a homeowner had Ken build a gym in their basement and credited him with ideas they had not thought of themselves; he also carried furniture upstairs and fitted an umbrella anchor plate on the deck while he was there. A December 2025 customer had their basement fully finished, got help with the layout, and was talked through each step of the inspection process — they were already lining up a kitchen next. How decisions get made comes up as often as the work itself. A 2024 customer described being walked through every option with the pros and cons of each, and being sure they understood what was going to happen before anyone started. A 2022 reviewer said much the same about figuring out what they actually wanted, with examples to look at, and another that year named Ken and Jeff for the pride they take in the job. Six reviews sit behind that, spread between 2022 and 2026 and all five stars, alongside a five-star Google headline from nine ratings; one of the six was written in the last six months. For a basement finish, a porch, or stair and railing work around Waltham, this is a small crew with a long run behind it and customers who say they were kept in the loop. Before booking, ask who will be on site day to day and how the inspection sign-offs are scheduled.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from KA Building and Remodeling. 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
Ken is awesome! He helped us build a new gym in our basement and it looks incredible. He had great ideas that we didn’t think of that made the final product much nicer. He even helped me carry some furniture upstairs and helped install an umbrella anchor plate on our deck. Ken is very nice and easy to work with. He will get the job done no matter how tough!
KA is awesome to work with. Fully finished our basement and helped with the layout and talked us through each step in the inspection process. Highly recommend using them for a remodeling. Looking forward to them redoing our kitchen as well!
Awesome work and great people - would recommend 100%
They are very professional, thorough, and efficient. They walked us through all of our options and discussed the pro/cons of each one. They made sure we understood the work they were going to be doing and answered all our questions.
Excellent and professional. Very knowledgeable and helped me figure out exactly what I wanted and provided insight and examples. HIGHLY RECOMMEND
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