Persson Construction
Our Services
We specialize in the projects that matter most to you — the spaces where your family gathers, recharges, and makes memories. Every project is custom-designed around your home, your lifestyle, and your vision.
Our Featured Projects
Take a look at some of the homes we’ve had the honor of transforming in the Portsmouth area.
Most contractors make the same promises. The difference is in what happens after the contract is signed. Here’s where we put our energy.
Christian Persson is a fourth-generation carpenter. He didn’t just learn the trade, he grew up in it, side by side with his father, learning to see potential in a space before a single wall goes up. That instinct for detail isn’t something you can teach in a classroom. When Chris walks through your home, he’s thinking about what it could become.
We use an open-book pricing model called Cost Plus. That means you see exactly where your money goes: labor, materials, subcontractors, all of it. You’ll have 24/7 access to your project in Buildertrend, with daily logs, selections tracking, and real-time updates. We believe an informed homeowner is a confident one.
Most of the stress in a remodel comes from decisions made too late. That’s why we spend serious time in the planning phase before a single nail is driven. Our Project Development Agreement includes a Trade Day where subcontractors walk your home before a contract is signed, so the number you say yes to is the number that gets built.
FAQ's
Yes, and that’s one of our core commitments. We use Cost Plus pricing, which means our books are open to you. During the planning phase, we’ll build out a Comfort Zone Budget to give you a realistic range before you ever sign a construction contract.
As involved as you want to be. We set up every client on Buildertrend, our project management platform, where you can check daily logs, review selections, and track progress at any hour. You’ll also have a dedicated project manager keeping things moving so you don’t have to be on-site every day.
Both. We have an in-house designer, Alyssa, who handles conceptual renderings and material selection. We’re also experienced at collaborating with outside architects and designers, and we’re built to work as part of your team.
We’re based in Greenland, NH and primarily serve the greater Portsmouth area and the NH Seacoast, including Rye, North Hampton, Hampton Falls, Exeter, and surrounding communities. If you’re within about 45 minutes of Portsmouth, we’d love to hear from you.
The first step is a “fit call”. It’s a short, no-pressure conversation to make sure we’re a good match for your project, before anyone spends time on plans or estimates. If it’s a good fit, we’ll talk about next steps together.
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Our Process
Plan. Price. Build. Every project follows the same proven path — here's what that looks like.
It starts with a real conversation, not a sales pitch. We'll talk through your goals, how you plan to use the space, your budget, and your timeline. The goal is simple alignment. If the project and our process make sense for both sides, we'll walk you through the next steps and introduce our Project Development Agreement.
This is where we do the work that protects you later. Once the PDA is signed, we schedule a Trade Day, a coordinated on-site meeting where we bring our key subcontractors to walk your home together. They identify constraints early, validate design assumptions, and build real, trade-backed pricing. We also refine layouts, review finish options, separate base scope from upgrades, and pressure-test everything against your budget.
With planning complete and scope aligned, we assemble a detailed construction proposal with every allowance and alternate clearly defined. Your project is then fully built out in Buildertrend, where contracts are signed digitally, schedules and selections are tracked, and all communication stays organized and on the record.
Construction begins with clarity because we earned it in the planning phase. You'll get daily logs, progress photos, weekly updates, and a two-week look-ahead schedule so you always know what's happening in your home. Once finishes are locked in, we post a jobsite finish board with QR codes so every trade on site is always referencing your approved selections.
We don't disappear at the finish line. We walk the project with you, work through the punch list, complete all final documentation, and close everything out cleanly. The project isn't done until you say it is.
About Us
Persson Construction has been building on the NH Seacoast since 2006, when Christian and Kimberly Persson founded the company together. Chris is a fourth-generation carpenter who grew up in the trade, apprenticing under his father and carrying forward a standard of craftsmanship that doesn’t bend. Kimberly has been part of the business from the very beginning, and together they’ve built something that’s still very much a family operation.
Nearly two decades later, they’ve grown a team that runs every project with the same care and accountability they’d want for their own home. We’re not trying to be everything to everyone. We take on the right projects and do them well.
Tell us what you're thinking. We'll listen, ask the right questions, and give you a straight answer about what's possible.
