Ketchen Building and Remodeling

Ten written reviews, and every one of them names Mark. Ketchen Building and Remodeling works out of 123 Union St in Bridgewater — a three-person shop by the BBB's count, graded A+ there though not accredited — and its Massachusetts home improvement registration is active in the owner's name, Mark Ketchen Jr. What customers describe is a builder who runs the schedule himself. A homeowner writing in July 2023 about a full bathroom redo said he committed to four weeks and held to it: he sent them to Frank Webb to choose fixtures and tile, ordered and collected everything, and lined up the tiler, electrician, plumber, painter and inspector so the household only had to answer layout questions. In October 2024, a deck client wrote that he suggested opening up the space under their hillside deck for a second sitting area, and that the crew cleaned the yard before leaving each day. A December 2024 front-porch client said the quote came back with honest feedback and a fair price, and that they had already hired him for more work — repeat hires come up in several of these accounts. The permit record runs alongside the reviews. BuildZoom shows seven permitted jobs between 2022 and 2024: a $120,550 interior renovation in Teaticket, deck and door replacements in Hingham, siding in Wareham and Hingham, and a deck in Attleboro. The reach matches the website's own list of South Shore and Plymouth County towns, stretching to the Cape. Two things worth raising before you call. The written trail stops in December 2024, so ask what he has finished since. And the licensing picture takes a minute to read: the state registry confirms the home improvement registration in Mark Ketchen Jr's name, while BuildZoom separately lists an older construction supervisor number, CS-073790, that it shows both as verified-active with a 2012 expiry and as cancelled — worth asking which current licences cover your job, particularly for anything structural. For a deck, a porch, a bathroom or a whole-house renovation with one experienced person coordinating the trades, this is a credible short-list candidate. Get the timeline and the trade schedule in writing, and ask for a job finished in the past year that you can look at.