Patriot Fence Crafters

Patriot Fence Crafters is a Danvers, Massachusetts outfit that people call after a fence collapses in a storm, not just when they want a new one — a recent Google review describes a crew replacing a fence flattened by heavy snow within 24 hours of the call. The company says it's been family-owned and operated since 1996, running roughly three decades of fence installation and repair across the Boston, North Shore, and South Shore area. The volume here is real: 142 ratings on Google averaging 4.7 stars, 87 on Best Pick Reports averaging 4.9, and 55 more on Angi at 4.6, plus an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau since late 2023. In the last six months, reviewers keep describing the same thing — crews that show up, work fast, and finish clean. One customer got a 512-foot, 5-foot-high fence built through two feet of snow and a frozen ground layer in two days, with a crew of eight running snowblowers and jackhammers to get through the frost. Another had a last-minute design change accommodated without drama. Pricing comes up often too, with more than one reviewer saying Patriot came in below the competing quotes they'd collected. It isn't spotless. One recent review describes booking an estimate appointment and then never hearing back — a follow-up call went unanswered too. That's not a one-off: Best Pick Reports' own compiled score notes a rail repair that reportedly took eight to twelve months to resolve, and an Angi reviewer describes a clamp that was never fixed despite repeated requests. The pattern across sources points to installs that go smoothly and get praised, but occasional after-the-sale follow-up that lags. Worth asking about before booking: get a firm timeline in writing for any post-installation repair work, and if an estimate goes quiet for more than a few days, don't assume you fell through the cracks — follow up directly. For a straightforward new install, especially a larger or weather-complicated one, the volume of consistent recent praise makes Patriot a reasonable first call in its service area; for a smaller repair, it's worth confirming upfront how fast they can get back out.