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Customers of PBZ Construction tend to come back, and they talk about Bob Ayer by name. A July 2026 reviewer who met him on moving to Canton 11 years ago said he has done a lot of work at their house since. The Stoughton remodeler says it was founded in 1993 by Paul Zampine and Robert Ayer and is still run by the two of them. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor (HIC) license is active on the state registry. BBB has accredited it since 2009 with an A+ rating. Most of the jobs customers describe are kitchens and bathrooms. In a March 2024 Google review, a customer described a kitchen and half-bath renovation by Bob, Lou, Jake and Helmer; when a shower another contractor had built upstairs began leaking into the new kitchen, Bob helped them deal with that contractor and their insurer, and they then hired PBZ to redo the upstairs bathroom. A February 2023 BuildZoom reviewer, referred by a bathroom designer, said a gut bathroom renovation came in on time and on budget even after the crew had to reinforce the substructure. In December 2017, one customer had a portico added to the front of the house; in November 2017, another had a complete kitchen gut job done. An August 2024 reviewer said Bob is busy but comes by when asked, or calls to explain next steps. BuildZoom shows 36 permitted projects, including a $668,510 rear addition.
We met Bob when we moved to Canton 11 years ago. Since then, he has done a ton of work at our house -- all of it high quality and with friendly, professional workers. It's tough to find a good contractor -- Bob's a great one! Highly recommend.
Bob and his crew did a lot of work for me. Ive known and used pbz few times now over the years and the work is top notch, the people are nice, respectful and knowledgeable. Bob is a super busy guy but he always comes by when I ask or calls me to let me know next steps or takes the time to answer any of my questions. Just a really great company to have to fix up our house for what seems to be any projects at all.
Bob, Lou, Jake, and Helmer did an incredible job with our kitchen and half bathroom renovation! We couldn't be happier. Both their team and the subcontractors they brought in for tile work, painting, etc. were skilled and took great pride in their work. I could fill a page with how much they went above and beyond, but will call out one instance here. The shower in our upstairs bathroom (renovated by a DIFFERENT contractor) began leaking into our beautiful new kitchen (renovated by PBZ). Bob went out of his way to help us navigate conversations with the previous contractor and our homeowners insurance folks, and made a terrible situation so much easier to deal with. Honestly, I'm not sure how we would have handled it without him. We of course hired PBZ to redo our upstairs bathroom the right way and were just as pleased with their work there. We've since recommended PBZ to friends and even our dentist! Thank you to the team for their great work.
We used PBZ Construction based on recommendation by my bathroom designer who has worked with Bob Ayer for 20 years. His team did a terrific job on the gut renovation of our bathroom. All the workers were very skilled and were responsive to our requests. They reinforced the substructure, which was not anticipated but necessary. The bathroom came out beautiful and Bob helped with great design ideas. The project was done on time and on budget. We will use them again for future projects.
I absolutely recommend PBZ Construction wholeheartedly! Bob Ayer is fantastic. If you call him, he will call you back. His workmen are terrific and excellent craftsmen as well. Experienced, hardworking, polite, and always are on time and clean up before they leave. They put a portico on the front of my house and did a fabulous job matching everything to blend in with the rest of the house.
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Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from PBZ Construction, Inc.. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Cabinets are roughly 30% of a kitchen budget.
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$23,000 – $35,000
Typical kitchen remodel around $29,000
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Reliable scheduling5.0
Project coordination4.7
One point of contact4.4
Deck replacement4.3
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