Manifest Builders LLC

Manifest Builders is a small, owner-run custom-home and remodeling outfit working out of Wilton in southern New Hampshire. The BBB file lists it as a sole proprietorship started on 4 April 2000 under owner Einar Barenholtz, and the company's own site describes design services, custom homes, additions, kitchen, bath and whole-home remodeling, plus roofing, siding, decks, barns and garages. The written customer record is small and dated. Google shows five stars from two ratings. In a 2022 review a homeowner described a front-porch remodel where Einar and his staff brought design ideas, communicated often and kept the job on schedule; a second 2022 reviewer said communication — usually the frustration with contractors — was not an issue here, and credited the team's pride in its craftsmanship. There is a counterweight worth raising before you call. In 2021 both the New Hampshire Union Leader and NH Business Review reported that Barenholtz, through Manifest Builders, served as general contractor on a 2018 home renovation in Peterborough on which he subcontracted an unlicensed electrician. The BBB profile separately carries one alert listed under Government Actions, though the page read here showed no agency, action type, date or resolution detail. One more thing to reconcile: the company's site advertises "BBB A+ Accredited", while the BBB profile assigns an A+ rating and states plainly that the business is not BBB accredited. The site also puts its tenure at 20 years, where the BBB start date works out closer to 26. If you want a hands-on builder for a custom home, an addition or a whole-house remodel in the Wilton, Milford, Amherst and Nashua corridor, this is a plausible call on the strength of the 2022 reviews — but ask directly about the 2021 news coverage, get the current status of the BBB alert in writing, and confirm that every licensed trade on your job is subcontracted to a licence holder.