Patriot Fence Crafters is a family-owned fence installation and repair company based in Danvers, Massachusetts, in business since 1996 and serving the Boston, North Shore, and South Shore area, including Amesbury, Andover, Beverly, Danvers, Ipswich, and Peabody. It installs and repairs vinyl, wood, aluminum, chain link, and deer fencing for residential, commercial, and construction customers, and carries an A+ Better Business Bureau accreditation.
Recent Google reviews are strongly positive: a 4.7-star average from 154 ratings, with reviewers describing responsive, detailed estimates, competitive pricing against multiple quotes, and crews that show up on time and finish as planned. Several 2026 reviews describe the company completing difficult jobs quickly, including replacing a fence downed by heavy snow within 24 hours of a call, and installing a 512-foot fence through 18 inches of snow and frozen ground over two days. Named crew members including Ryan, Wesley, Keith, and Stephen are repeatedly praised by name for professionalism and communication.
Set against that is a real pattern of complaints spanning several years and multiple independent sources. A May 2024 Reddit thread in r/SalemMA included several warnings against the company, one describing a fence installed so far out of alignment, 4 to 5 feet off in places, that it took three attempts to get right, and another saying a different fence company had to be hired to fix Patriot's mistakes. A January 2023 Houzz review described a fence section coming down in a moderate wind about a year after installation, attributing it to sections held together with only two screws. Older reviews from 2021 through 2023 on Google, Angi, and Best Pick Reports describe similar issues, fence sections or posts failing in wind, a broken clamp, or a gap left between fence sections, paired with difficulty getting the company to return for warranty repairs. A May 2023 review also said the company's price for a specific BuffTech vinyl fencing product ran higher than a competitor's for the same material.
The pattern across these independent accounts, installation durability issues paired with slow or absent follow-up on repairs, is worth asking about directly: what the warranty actually covers, how fence posts and sections are secured against wind, and how quickly the company responds if something needs fixing after the crew leaves. The recent run of positive, detailed reviews suggests the day-of installation experience is consistently good; the open question, based on the written record, is what happens afterward if something goes wrong.
