Complete Waste of Money - All Three Projects Had to Be Fully Redone I'm writing this review to help other homeowners avoid the significant time and money I wasted, as well as the frustration I experienced with Travers Construction. After my father passed away over three years ago, I hired them for a basement water penetration project because he had trusted and used them for years. I assumed I could trust them too. That project was the beginning of the end. It was clear that water was coming up through the foundation at the front of the property... they insisted that digging a trench about 15 feet from the house and filling it with stone was what needed to be done to fix the issue. I asked them whether this would just result in groundwater building up against the foundation as the path of least resistance, but they insisted that wasn't true -- and that is exactly what happened. At the time I didn't have experience with these types of repairs, so I trusted their recommendation. They backfilled the trench with stone right up to grade and laid the grass directly on top of the stone with no dirt or topsoil. The grass died because it had nothing to root into. After the very next rain we had more water in the basement than ever before. When the problem persisted and worsened, they washed their hands of it and left. Their so-called repair made the situation worse and was a complete waste of money. Another contractor had to remove all of their work and redo the entire project properly. After this experience I was smart enough not to use them again. Only then did I look back at the earlier projects they had done for my father and realize every single one of them was also complete trash that ultimately had to be removed and redone by another contractor. French drain project (~3 years ago, around the time of my father's passing): The quality of work was awful. No filter fabric was added to the drain and the perforated pipe wasn't even connected. The system was failing less than two years later. It will need to be completely redone in the next few years. It was a complete waste of money. Patio / backyard foundation project (~14 years ago): They were hired to eliminate water penetration at the rear foundation of the house. They backfilled with pure clay. The project failed and water intrusion through the foundation started less than 10 years later. The patio had to be removed and the entire project had to be completely redone by another contractor last year. Their work not only failed to solve the water problem -- it was a complete waste of money. In all three projects Travers Construction delivered substandard work using improper materials and techniques. Every job failed, required full removal of their installation, and had to be completely redone from scratch by a different contractor at significant additional cost. They appear to prioritize quick jobs and collecting payment over quality or lasting results, leaving homeowners to pay twice (or more) to fix the problems they created. If you are considering Travers Construction, I strongly recommend looking elsewhere. I trusted them when I moved to the area because my father had used them in the past -- and it cost my family substantial time, money, and repeated frustration. Learn from my experience and hire someone else. read more

Mike, Stetson, and the crew did an outstanding job on my home recently. All of the crew were very professional and talented and went above and beyond for me. Mike was able to squeeze me in on such a short notice which I greatly appreciated. Also, I found their rates to be very fair and reasonable, and highly recommend Travers for their services, as I will continue to do so myself! Thank you again guys for your great work! read more

Travers took down 2 massive pitch pines in my yard. The entire crew were friendly and very hard working. They did their work while being very careful not to disturb or squish the delicate shrubs and trees surrounding them. They did an excellent job. Cleaned up beautifully afterwards. I highly recommend this company for your landscaping needs. read more

Excellent service, professional work. Very cordial, knowledgeable. Quick response to my inquiry.

We gave them 5 stars because they did an excellent job of roofing over our 200? year old porch/kitchen/laundry and because their charge for this complex job was very reasonable. I almost removed one star because they made no effort to recycle what could be recycled. Had I known that everything would be ending up in a landfill, I would have gladly pulled out the metals, plastics, etc. and taken them to the recycling bins at our dump in Sandwich. read more

Overall pleased with the work. Originally quoted just to take out 4 trees and clean out ton of brush. Ended up being more expansive than I quote because of added fill required but the crew was efficient and cleaned up nicely. Just hope the seed takes. read more

Michael Travers Fraser, 508-888-9432, 508-958-8354 did not know what he was doing when asked to make stairs at a seawall for us. Our last set of stairs lasted 20 years. Despite explaining that the end product needed to be a two person job to remove the stairs for the winter and reattach the stairs in the spring (as is customary) - he used the wrong materials that did not hold up to even one season's saltwater, he charged over $2000 and when the winter came he then informed us it was a big job to remove and reattach for every season and we would have to hire people to do so. He clearly had no seawall stairs experience and I'm out almost $3000. read more

Mike performed some tree work (removing 12+ large pine trees and trimming of other trees. Work was completed efficiently and the yard was left thoroughly picked up. Price was more than fair - would highly recommend them! read more

Had work done in the front of my house last September. They cut and trimmed my arborvitae (11 of them) that were damaged from the tornado. Pressure treated wood was put along them. A stump was ground out as well. They also put blue stone down on my driveway. Was suppose to be 10 yards but it was not. I can still see dirt thru the stones. Very disappointed in what was done on my driveway. This work was not cheap. read more

Mike put in a French drain 10 years ago because we were getting a pond built up in our back yard every time we had heavy rain. Since then, we spent tens of thousands of dollars to upgrade our basement. We had 5 inches of rain this morning and after work I checked it and bone dry! It was pricey but super high quality is what you want when conditions are extreme. Highly recommend!! read more