Blackdog Home Services

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Blackdog Home Services provides professional home repair, maintenance, and small-scale improvement services for homeowners across Southern New Hampshire and Northeastern Massachusetts. Backed by decades of experience from Blackdog Builders, Inc., we bring a higher standard to everyday home projects - combining skilled technicians, clear communication, and reliable scheduling to deliver work done right the first time. From carpentry, drywall, doors and windows, decks and porches, and rot or water damage repairs to minor kitchen and bath upgrades and aging-in-place improvements, we offer dependable, long-lasting solutions for homes that deserve expert care. Every project is completed with respect for your home and backed by our industry-leading three-year warranty.

Overview

Serves Salem, NH

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10 employees

37 years in business

Business hours

SunClosedMon9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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This pro accepts payments via Check and Credit card.

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Construction Supervisor - One and Two Family Dwellings

License state: MA

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Passed by David Bryan on Feb 4, 2026.

Services offered

Work needed

Remodel reason

Update style

Replace fixtures

Fix water damage

Other damage

Property type

Residential

Reviews

Very good 4.6

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Past Customer

Dec 13, 2018

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Outstanding!! A real class act!

Blackdog Home Services's reply

On behalf of everyone at Blackdog Builders, thank you for your kind words George!

Past Customer

Feb 3, 2019

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Past Customer

Jan 28, 2020

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From Google

Blackdog Builders built a 2000+ sq. ft. post & beam addition to our existing 1960 home. Right from our initial meeting with Blackdog, we knew that this was the general contractor for us. We felt at ease and confident with our designer, Ken, our project manager, Jim and the rest of the top-notch trade contractors selected for the project. We were especially impressed with the electrical contractor that Blackdog used. This was our first experience with construction and we learned so much along the way. To be expected, there were weather and scheduling delays, but Blackdog kept us informed by phone call or text each time. Attaching a new, large addition to an older existing home has it tricks and challenges. Blackdog was really on board with figuring out these curve balls. The end result is spectacular! We began our relationship with Blackdog as strangers, but feel that we ended as friends. The quality of the end product is simply amazing and we are so thrilled to live in our new homr! Thank you Blackdog!

Blackdog Home Services's reply

Thank you, Pat! We're so pleased you love your addition!

Past Customer

Jun 9, 2020

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We are in the middle of finding a GC to finish our basement and it occurred to me how important these reviews are in that search. To that end, I felt compelled to write a review of our experience with Black Dog last year during our kitchen remodel.During the design process, they promised the world. Telling us how they were different from other GCs and put a premium on professionalism and quality. However, our actual experience lacked both.Professionalism - The lead contractor on our job was routinely late and overbooked on several concurrent projects. A job that was scheduled to complete in 2 months lasted more than 5 months and involved more than a few empty promises about wrapping up 'in the next week'. Additionally both the lead designer and contractor were routinely rude to my wife and I and acted as if we were being unreasonable as they fell further and further behind their own timeline.Quality - The work they did was average at best. They severely miss cut a custom counter (which they did reimburse us for) and the cabinets they set were ok but definitely not perfect. I had foolishly expected a perfectly finished kitchen at the end and instead they handed over a ton of small jobs that required me and my wife to do installations to finish the job including installing hinges on cabinets, installing the baseboards, touching up the paint, etc.In total, they were not worth the money we spent and I would not recommend them to anyone looking for a contractor in the north shore. Beyond the fact that their work is not great, their customer service is abysmal.[UPDATED RESPONSE]:Thank you for your response. Entirely possible that after the project we gave you 2 stars instead of 1 star. Since our project with Blackdog we have had a local custom carpenter build us some cabinetry and through that experience realized that although our house and designs are unique they are not unreasonable. Throughout the experience with Blackdog our requests to have things done to stylistically match our home were routinely met with short cut solutions that could be delivered quickly and without the requisite skill of a true carpenter.Moreover you failed to address (both then and now) the way your team treated my wife and I.We are not looking to have anything corrected by Blackdog and are happy to have that temporary working relationship behind us.This review was purely to provide an alternative perspective to some of the very positive experiences shared on google b/c people should appreciate that not all projects have met the customers expectations.Jay

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Past Customer

Jun 13, 2020

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From Google

This was a complete kitchen overhaul strip back to the studs and start new. Blackdog did the design and build. On the whole, we had a very good experience with Blackdog. The work was finished within the proposed cost, and the three-month schedule was kept work went over about one week due to difficulties not under Blackdog control, that is, getting inspectors in to approve work. The workers were very conscientious, left a clean area, and were very friendly. The kitchen designer, Jane, was very easy to work with and suitably creative. Our house is contemporary, and not the usual colonial style, and she adapted well to what we wanted. The project manager, Jim, was always on top of things, and responded quickly to our requests. We are VERY happy with the final result.

Blackdog Home Services's reply

David, on behalf of the Blackdog team, thank you for your kind words! I will be sure to pass your comments along to the team!