Porter Buckley Construction Group - Timonium, Maryland

Ashley G.

Porter Buckley did a superior job on our project!

We hired Porter Buckley to do an extensive renovation/addition of our 1929 house. After interviewing many contactors, we chose Porter Buckley because of their knowledge of older homes, their obvious attention to detail, their hands on approach and their strong relationships with their subs who have worked with them for thirty years. We could not have been more happy with our decision. Porter Buckley are custom builders who have the ability to execute complicated projects with incredible attention to detail. Our house is a Laurence Hall Fowler designed home and we wanted to create additional spaces that would be seemless to the the original design. We had extensive trim and cabinetry work done. Some was done by a cabinet shop who they recommend and much was done by their in house finished carpenter both of whom did an incredible job. When people visit our house, they are surprised to find that the new spaces aren’t original. Both the plumber and the electrician were equally committed to getting the job done right. They were knowledgeable and easy to work with and continue to be responsive if we ever need them. We felt that Porter Buckley was very on top of all aspects of the job and were as committed as we were to making the job come out right. Porter Buckley stands out as a dedicated custom builder who works at the highest standard. We are thrilled with our finished product and keep in touch with Porter Buckley as we will certainly count on them to do our next project.

Lee H.

I had a phenomenal experience working with Porter Buckley. Donnie was my Project Manager and he went above and beyond on all expectations. I can't recommend Donnie and Pete enough.

We did a complete renovation of our 4,000 square foot home. From demo to framing to completion, we are absolutely in love with our home. The quality of the work is incredible. They hit the nail on the head with every little detail. If something was slightly off, they made sure to fix it and make it 100% right. No short cuts with PB! Everything was done and completed to perfection.

Donnie was there every step of the way and made sure we made smart and informed decisions. He really made us feel comfortable and took great care of us. He did weekly check ins (sometimes more) with me and really made sure we felt good about everything. If I had a question after work hours, Donnie always answered me. Weekends too. And he did with complete and total professionalism.

They set expectations properly with timeline to complete the project as well as an estimated cost.

We just wrapped up this week and we couldn't be happier. The quality of their work and the attention and service we received was an 11 out of 10!

Douglas B.

Quality of workmanship excellent. We added a first floor master suite and the exterior bricks were matched perfectly to the bricks of the older existing house. There was good attention to detail, and the carpenters were especially skilled with joinery and cabinet installation. The project manager was highly organized with the scheduling of subcontractors. Very professional company which we recommend highly.

Jie X.

I do not recommend this company for any of your home renovation project.

Our~ 250K kitchen renovation project with the company started in the summer of 2021 and lasted more than half a year. As of today, nearly two years later, I am still trying to get hold of the project manager Melinda and the head of the company Pete Sullivan to finish the job. Kitchen ceiling already has multiple cracks. A wrong window screen has not been changed. A power panel application that supposedly started more than one and half years ago is nowhere to be found.

Melinda and Pete have not been responsive to our requests after we finished all the payments on time. Management at this company may have serious issues.

I recommend to avoid using them as much as you can.

Nicole J.

We worked with Porter Buckely for the project of our new home construction 3 years ago. They were absolutely amazing to work with in every way. Between their constant communication, their ability to meet our aggressive timeline, their craftsmanship and their professionalism we could not have been any happier. They made building our dream home a fun and exciting project. I know that isn't typical of what you'd expect during home construction, but Porter Buckley knows what they are doing and we always felt like we were in great hands. I'd highly recommend them for any home project you may have.

Michelle K.

Our family could not be more pleased with the workmanship and personalized service received during our recently completed sunroom renovation. My husband i purchased a home with very unusual architecture and had several companies out for a site meeting hoping to get a quote and a plan of action in place. Everyone ran due to the degree of difficulty except their team. No problem was a problem and thankfully their budgeting was realistic and appropriate for this level of work. MY husband and i ended up increasing the scope of work from our original plan as we were so happy to be in such good hands. The project management and installation crews were clearly seasoned and they took my designs for the walls, windows, bar and island and made everything function and incredibly gorgeous. Our family and friends are equally impressed by the finished product and we are happy to say it was money and time very well spent.

Blair B.

We used PB to do an extensive renovation. We made the decision to spend more $ for a “reputable” contractor…hindsight it was not worth it. They start out very strong with lots of attention and dazzle you with great sales pitches and promises…we fell for it. By the end of our project we were so sick of them having to redo work as a result of careless mistakes and poor quality that we settled our final payment and ended up doing much of the final punch list items ourselves. They became unresponsive, often taking days or weeks to get back to us about scheduling and timelines. Long story very short, I would not use them. While they do have some great subs, they are not worth dealing with and will leave you disappointed and frustrated.

Charles L.

We hired PB on a recommendation from our real estate agent after we purchased a penthouse apartment. We needed a lot of work done. We eventually met with the residential arm of the company and were assured of "white glove" treatment, attention to detail, and work would be done in a timely fashion. We asked for estimates along the way. We were delighted with their approach.

They started off on time (without estimate) with a room that needed to be completely redone. This included a new built in desk, drawers and cabinets. The quality of the wood used was just OK. One of the drawer fronts was a bit warped. One of the walls had to be repaired multiple times (not smooth, and not repaired well. The subs that did the tile work and countertops were excellent; the work was perfect and on time. Plumbing sub for replacement of sinks and vanities was also very good. The electrical work was good, but we did have to hire one of our own to fix a network connection (repeatedly told was good but was not).

2 of the 3 paint contractors (we had 3 different ones) were poor. We had doors that were only painted partially or the wrong color, and touch ups done with the wrong paint several times. In the end, they also took all of the extra paint (that we paid for).

We should have gone with California Closets in the bedroom, it would be the same price. The sub who did this used cheap laminates, caused splitting of the material with the screws used to attach hardware, did not build to our specification, did not attach trim (was just laid down at the base).

The custom built-in for our dining drawers does not line up properly, with faces that are not flush and uneven gaps. The wood is soft with very thin laminate on it that damages as soon as you bump it with anything. We are going to have this redone by Techline (used them for our Manhattan apartment and they did excellent work for less than we paid PB) at a cost of $20,000.

In the kitchen, they took one of our cabinet doors to their shop to try to refinish it. They sanded off nearly all of the expensive African hardwood laminate and it looked terrible. They did give us a quote to refinish the entire kitchen (this is the ONLY estimate we got), but we declined. We ended up going with The Cabinet Restoration Company. They were less expensive, did the joh on the dates they promised - on time, on budget, and the refinishing was perfect - the cabinets look like new, even the one PB ruined.

Our "supervisor" did not see any of the defects on any part of the job - we had to inspect and point all of this out, again making me question why we paid for over a hundred hours of supervision. She did not recognize any of the issues, but was charging us an additional $75/hour (to which the 15% overhead fee applied). Not sure what the 15% overhead got us since we were also charged the supervision fee. Communication was also poor.

In the end, we paid over $100,000 to PB, and will need to revise some of the work, specifically the cabinets in our den and dining room. The job took 9 MONTHS, and could have easily been completed in 4. They would do some work, then disappear for weeks, leaving materials behind and making it difficult to use our laundry room for months (they used it for storage). Our door lock is electronic and logs all entry and exit, and we were billed for many hours during which time there were no workers here. The explanation (that took 2 weeks to get) was that they were working on the materials at their shop. However, for many of these hours billed, the finished materials were laying on the floor of our apartment (lost use of our den for 2 months). Most frustrating were the thousands of dollars billed for supervision, yet we were the ones that had to identify and repeatedly request that the defects be corrected (oh, and we were also charged for the time it took to fix the defects, plus more supervision). We did pay our bill (reluctantly), just to be done with this company. Now on to replacing the poor woodwork with some good stuff.