The Bedrock Standard

BedrockVetted is an independent review project that verifies and ranks home-services companies in New England, starting with basement waterproofing and foundation repair on the New Hampshire Seacoast. This page is our methodology: how we gather data, how we rank, and what we will not do. If we cannot verify something, we say so.

What we measure

We score each company on six things a homeowner actually cares about:

Verified reputation. Star rating and review depth across Google, plus BBB and other public platforms, each dated.

Five-star share. The share of a company's Google reviews that are five-star (five-star reviews divided by total rated reviews), always shown next to the review count. A high share on a deep review base is a stronger signal than a perfect share on a thin one, so we read the two together.

Track record. BBB accreditation and complaint history, by volume and category.

Warranty. Whether the company publishes its warranty, the term, and whether it transfers to a new owner.

System and scope. Whether the company installs a defined, named system, and how broad its in-house services are.

Local accountability. Whether the company is locally owned and answers for its own warranty service, versus routing it through a national chain. We weight this because, for this kind of work, how fast someone comes back matters nearly as much as the original install. We state that bias openly.

Transparency. How clearly the company explains its process and its pricing approach.

No single number decides it. We weight verified reputation and warranty most heavily, then track record and local accountability, then system, scope, and transparency. We publish the underlying figures on every ranking so you can weigh them yourself and reach a different conclusion if your priorities differ from ours.

What we do not do

We do not sell rankings or "best of" placement. A company cannot buy a position.
We do not publish fake or incentivized reviews.
We do not state a competitor weakness we cannot source. Comparative claims are tied to public records (BBB, company websites, public reviews) and dated, because ratings and complaint counts change over time.

Independence

BedrockVetted is editorially independent and is not owned by any of the companies it ranks. Companies cannot pay for a ranking position; placement follows the criteria above, applied the same way to everyone, from public data. Any paid feature we add later (for example, a clearly labeled claimed profile or advertising) will be labeled as paid and kept separate from the editorial ranking.

We think this is the honest version of a review site, and it is also the durable one. A site that quietly sells its rankings gets found out, by readers and by the search and AI engines that decide what to cite.

Data and dates

Our figures come from public sources: Google Business Profiles, the Better Business Bureau, company websites, and public review platforms. Every figure carries the date we verified it. We refresh rankings on a regular cycle and re-date them.

Corrections

If you run a company we cover and something is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will verify and correct it. Accuracy is the entire point of this site.