KB Carpentry is a Plymouth, MA deck-and-porch outfit with an unusually clean five-year run: 56 Google ratings, all five stars, and 43 written reviews from 2021 to 2026 without a single complaint among them. The company says owner Ken Braun, who grew up in Plymouth and spent years working for a local builder before starting the business in 2019, still works the jobs himself -- several reviewers mention him personally on site.
Decks are the throughline: composite and TimberTech replacements, Azek resurfacing, cable and picket railings, porch enclosures. The same names keep returning -- in a 2023 review, one homeowner described having KB rebuild a main deck the year before, then come back to redo the bedroom and front deck; in a 2022 review, another described three separate projects, a finished basement followed by two later rounds of window, door and siding work. A 2026 review describes KB stepping in to finish a deck's skirting and stair framing after the client's prior contractor fell ill mid-project.
The work goes beyond decks when reviewers describe it: a full roof and exterior trim replacement in a 2022 review, a new roof with four skylights in a 2021 review, and window, door and siding replacement recurring across several years. A 2025 review recounts a $30,000 accessibility ramp and entrance-stairs job for a downtown Plymouth commercial building, finished on schedule with no added costs. The reviews that go into the most detail describe the process as much as the result -- daily photo updates, handling town-board permitting directly, and, in a 2025 review, proactively resolving a manufacturer defect on a French-door order before installation began.
Both of Ken Braun's Massachusetts registrations -- the Home Improvement Contractor number and the Construction Supervisor License -- check out active against the state registry, and the company's BBB file, while not an Accredited Business, carries an A+ grade with no complaints on file. Nothing in five years of reviews raises a real concern; the only practical thing to ask about is scheduling, since a small, hands-on crew like this can book out during deck season.
For a South Shore or Cape homeowner planning a new deck, a porch rebuild, or carpentry on an older house, KB Carpentry's own history -- repeat customers, an owner who works the jobs, and years of specific, named-project reviews -- is about as clean a track record as this trade produces. Confirm timeline and material choice (composite, TimberTech and Azek all show up in past projects) before booking.
