Turner Carpentry

Forty-four permitted projects and exactly one review — Turner Carpentry has a paper trail far longer than its public reputation. Ryan Turner runs the company from 17 Baypoint Lane in Haverhill, with a headquarters address listed across the border in Plaistow, New Hampshire. The permit history reads like a decking and porch specialist who also takes on bigger interior work: deck teardowns and rebuilds, porch framing and railings, replacement windows and PVC trim, and the occasional full kitchen remodel, spread across Haverhill, Groveland, Methuen, West Newbury and Newburyport at values from roughly $20,000 to $100,000. Credentials are in order on paper. BuildZoom lists an active Massachusetts construction supervisor license and an active home improvement contractor registration for the company, and scores it 96 — the top fifth of the Massachusetts contractors it tracks, a score driven mostly by that licensing and permit record rather than by customers. The gap is the customer side. One five-star review, from 2019, is the entire published account of what it is like to hire them. Permit activity has also thinned to roughly one project a year over the last three years, well off the pace of the earlier record. Good fit if you want a licensed carpenter for a deck, porch, or window job in the Haverhill area and you are comfortable doing your own reference work. Ask for two or three recent customers you can call, and confirm both license numbers with the state before you sign.