Kennedy Design Build

We recently completed a major renovation with KDB in our South End home. We worked with KDB from start to finish and they were a great partner and we are very happy with the final result. They knew how to work with building management, were respectful of the neighbors, did everything reasonably possible to manage dust and disruption, and communicated well throughout the project. We’ve now been moved in for ~5 months and they have continued to address the small things that have popped up here and there. They know their stuff in the neighborhood and I would hire them again in a heartbeat.

Echo the other sentiments of the other negative reviews. If you're a neighbor, be aware that they will probably damage your property. Their roofer didn't use the south end required slate shingles and instead used cheapy asphalt ones. They also installed a divider on our property and destroyed some of our expensive slate shingles that we put in a few years before they worked on the neighboring property. And they can't even overlap their shingles properly or hang gutters that angle the right way. And what's most sad is the neighbors that bought the renovated property are blaming us for leaks from the bad divider install instead of blaming the shoddy work of this incompetent roofer 😞 Would never use recommend Kennedy Design Build or their realtor who kept harassing us to sell (Rob Kilgore) so much that we almost took out a restraining order.

I can’t comment on their work. But an indicator of their professionalism would be how they dispose of waste. These clowns have left a bundle of their parking signs, among other trash, in an ally near their project in the south end. I was left to clean up their careless act. These aren’t the people I’d trust to work on my home.

I’m the resident below a project they are doing in the Back Bay. I cannot comment on their workmanship. I can tell you as someone who lives beneath them in a 2.5 million dollar condo…they are an unmitigated disaster. They subcontract people with no regard for the other inhabitants in of the building. They leave doors unlocked, shut off power and water and don’t restore items back as they found them. They don’t protect airborne dust mitigation techniques and they destroy common areas and leave your property an embarrassment for your guests. Sean is a bully and is in no position to accept constructive criticisms. He feels his manager Mark is a saint and he obviously has no business handling complex community situations. If you decide to use them, and you are renovating a condominium in a building occupied by others, be prepared for a year of pure neglect to people you call neighbors.

Great company. I’ve watched them do incredible works on clients’ projects for years!