Woodland Builders

Woodland Builders is a design-build remodeling company running out of Hanover, on Massachusetts's South Shore, built around whole-home renovations, additions, and kitchen and bathroom remodels. Tripp Woodland, a Licensed Construction Supervisor with more than 20 years in residential remodeling, owns and runs the company, and its Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor license (HIC #200959) is currently active with the state. The company sits at 4.9 stars on both Google and Houzz, and the story its reviewers keep telling is one of steady, well-managed jobs: clear pricing, kept deadlines, and a job site left clean and protected each day. One client who says they've hired the company multiple times over three years points to fair pricing and 'communication, honesty, and integrity' as the reason they keep coming back, and a recent bathroom renovation and foyer restoration drew praise for a crew that showed up professional, punctual, and courteous throughout. On paper, the awards back that up — several NARI Contractor of the Year wins for residential additions and kitchens, plus a BRAGB PRISM award for outdoor living design. The most recent stretch of reviews isn't uniformly glowing, though. Alongside two strong five-star write-ups this spring sits a detailed two-star account of a five-month project gone wrong — uneven tile work with missing grout, paint that cracked and dripped, doors that weren't hung right, and, more unsettling, windows left open during rainstorms and exterior doors left unlocked overnight. It's a specific enough account that it's hard to wave off, and it's worth asking directly how the company handles on-site supervision and finish-quality checks over the course of a long renovation. A couple of other things worth knowing before you call: the company carries a BBB A+ letter grade but isn't BBB-accredited, which BBB itself notes plenty of businesses simply haven't pursued. And a Houzz listing shows a different street address than the company's own site and its BBB profile, though the phone number, website, and ownership all match — a stale directory entry rather than a different business. For a substantial kitchen, bath, or whole-home project where design coordination matters, Woodland Builders has a real track record to point to. Just push on how they catch finish-quality issues mid-project and keep a job site secured overnight, given the one recent account that raised both.