Boston Fence & Vinyl

Boston Fence & Vinyl works out of Beverly on Massachusetts' North Shore, and the standout number is 163 Google ratings averaging 4.7 stars — a deep base of mostly five-star reviews for a company of its size, part of a broader history of 115 reviews across four sources going back to 2022. The business says it's been family-owned and locally run since 1989, with no subcontractors, and reviews back that structure up by naming the same handful of people — Nick on design and sales, Rick in the office — across dozens of separate jobs. The pattern in recent reviews is speed and follow-through on ordinary residential installs: quick site visits, fast quotes, crews that clean up before they leave. A June review credits Rick with resolving small issues fast; another from the same month describes a cedar fence installed around an entire property that neighbors have stopped to admire. A March reviewer who works as a builder and developer — someone who deals with contractors for a living — called the crew honest and on time. None of the nine reviews posted in the past six months are negative. The one clear low mark sits further back: a November review describes a contract written up for a different fence style than the customer asked for, and says the sales rep pushed responsibility back onto the customer for not communicating clearly when the mismatch surfaced at install time. It's worth getting the fence style, materials, and layout confirmed in writing before signing anything. Boston Fence and Vinyl is also a BBB Accredited Business with an A+ rating dating to 2012. That BBB profile lists 45 years in business, which doesn't square with the 1989 founding date the company states on its own site — worth treating the "decades of experience" claim as directionally true rather than precisely dated. Reviews describe jobs beyond straight-line fencing too — a custom four-rail fence built for large dogs, a layout worked around a septic system and a neighbor's easement, repairs on posts and gates years after the original install. For a wood, vinyl, chain link, or ornamental fence project on the North Shore, this is a company with a long, mostly clean history — just get the design specifics in writing up front.