Founder
I started Northshore in 2014 after fifteen years framing for one of the bigger regional deck builders. Decks were my hobby before they were my career. I've personally built every kind, from a $4K ground-level cedar to a $200K rooftop ipe.
Outdoor living is the most personal addition you'll make to your house. It's where you'll eat birthday dinners, watch fireflies, tell your kids hard news. I think it deserves more thought than the inside-the-house projects usually get. That's what we sell, thought, not just lumber.
Eric Sutton
Founder · TrexPRO Platinum · NADRA Member · 8 NADRA Awards
Certified · Awarded · Member
TrexPRO
Platinum · Top 1%
TimberTech
Gold Pro · 2020-25
NADRA
Member · 8 awards
Houzz
Best Of · 2019-25
BBB A+
Accredited · 10 yrs
From our backyards
Eric showed up with a 3D model of our deck on his iPad and rotated through dusk and dawn before we'd even agreed to hire him. We hired him at the kitchen table. Build was 18 days.
Karen H.
Multi-level deck · Newton · 2025
Three years post-build, our composite deck still looks like the day it was finished. The color hasn't shifted, the boards haven't moved, and not a single screw has popped. Real carpentry.
Tom B.
Composite + pergola · Brookline · 2022
We added a fire pit + lighting + audio package in year two. Same crew remembered our dog. Same project manager texted before stopping by. Treats clients the way you'd hope a family business would.
Diana R.
Deck '23 · Add-ons '24 · Wellesley
Begin a backyard
No charge, no pressure. We'll walk your yard, listen to how you hope to use it, and have a sketch in your inbox by the next morning.