Whitmore Brothers Construction Co.

Twenty-four building permits, most of them in Marblehead, and a typical job value around $375,000 — that is the clearest picture of what Whitmore Brothers Construction actually does. These are not weekend punch-list jobs. BuildZoom's permit history runs to home additions and multi-room remodels: a garage addition off an architect's plan set, a stairtower addition with a new back deck, renovations to a Marblehead house filed at just over a million dollars. The company works out of 2 Market Square in Marblehead and describes itself as a full-service construction manager and general contractor established in 1978, with 48 years behind it, serving custom residential work alongside specialty commercial and institutional projects. BBB names Jeff Whitmore as owner and lists three employees, with the business started in 1979 and alternate names DRS Corporation and D.R.S. Corporation on file. Its BBB profile carries an A+ grade, though the company is not BBB accredited — two separate facts. What is thin here is customer voice. Google shows 5 stars from two ratings, and the one written comment on file is not from a homeowner at all — it reads as a vendor describing years of rock removal work for the company, praise from a trade partner rather than someone who hired them for their own house. Houzz says plainly it has no reviews yet. BuildZoom likewise reports none; its score of 99 is calculated from permit records, not from anything a customer wrote, so it should not be read as a rating. On credentials, treat the numbers carefully. BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration and a construction supervisor licence for the company, and BBB prints a licence number too — those are the directories' claims, not something confirmed against the state registry, and a home improvement contractor registration and a construction supervisor licence are the normal separate pair for a builder rather than a discrepancy. Ask to see both, and confirm their status with the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation before signing. The company lists memberships in the North East Builders Association of Massachusetts and the National Association of Homebuilders, and appears as a Marblehead Chamber of Commerce member. Its own site and its Houzz page put the working territory at Eastern Massachusetts, Southern New Hampshire and Metro Boston. Who is this for? A homeowner planning an addition, a gut renovation or a custom build in Marblehead or the surrounding North Shore, who wants a builder with a long local permit trail and does not mind that the written customer record is nearly empty. Ask for three recent client references you can call directly, since the public reviews will not tell you what living through one of these projects is like.