the quality of the work was so poor, the city made him rip it all up and start over. then he said I…read moreshould pay half. huh, I wasn't even present for this shit show. he's a con man.

I can't stress enough how happy I am about the beautiful professional work that AVICO constructed…read morefor me at my home. I'm completely blown away by the awesome workmanship! My stairs were in need of some TLC and I hired AVICO to do the work. I am still amazed as to how beautiful they came out! I have received many compliments from my neighbors!

Had them install 2 3-foot fieldstone walls - about 100 feet in total. Their 3-man crew finished…read morethe job in 7 working days, and the workmanship is incredible. They cleaned everything up and even re-landscaped the disturbed areas. I would highly recommend them to anyone who values high-quality stonework.

Stay away from these people. Our apartment complex has been without front stairs for nearly six…read moremonths now, because Fenton decided to work on the project part-time throughout the late summer and fall (many days and weeks went by with no progress at all). Finally finish it in November (more than three months late), and oh, by the way, turns out they chose to not order the railing for the stairs until after they were completed! And Brookline won't give a cert of occupancy without a railing. So, here we sit, nearly a month later, still with no railing, and thus no stairs. We've been reduced to creeping through side alleyways (many of which, by the way, have no railings), and there is seemingly no end in sight, even as we start seeing ice and snow on the ground. It's a pity, because they do good work (the stairs are lovely), and their workmen seem very professional, but their project management is beyond shoddy. I was not involved in the decision to hire these people, but I certainly would stay away from them (and recommend that others do so as well) in the future.

We get more compliments on our rock wall that Larry and his team did. We absolutely love it and so…read moredoes everyone else!

Larry and his team took down old rotted wooden front steps and replaced them with brick and…read morebluestone. The work was perfect and to us, most importantly, the clean up was great. We would highly recommend them for all masonry work in the Melrose area.

Tom S., Beverly MA…read more We had Armando & Team at our residence in Beverly to replace our Brick and Limestone front stairs. They did a Fantastic Job !!!!! Armando is very Skilled and his Team is Exceptionally Talented !!!!! We are Very Pleased with the results. We Highly Recommend AJ Masonry !!!!! We have already discussed a couple of other projects with Armando.

I hired AJ Masonry to rebuild a crumbling retaining wall that separates my back yard and the lake I…read morelive on. The project took about a week to complete, which was faster than initially expected, and the quality of the work was exceptional. I've been an architect for 30 years so I've inspected a lot of construction work and I can honestly say that the retaining wall exceeded my expectations in every way. I expected to get a replica of the original wall but got something far better in both appearance and quality. The team of masons were courteous and finished the project without skipping any days. They also cleaned up every day and left my yard cleaner than they found it when the project was finished. All of my immediate neighbors have complimented me on the wall and I expect to get many more when boating season on the lake begins next May. I solicited multiple bids for the wall project and selected AJ Masonry because they were the most informative and responsive to changes related to the Lynn Conservation Commission and Building Department. They were not the lowest bidder, nor the highest, but they were worth every penny. I can highly recommend them without hesitation.

Working with Masonworks has been a roller coaster. They are very, very good at the masonry aspect,…read morebut we had a negative experience with everything outside of the excellent stone walls and patio they built for us. They have built beautiful flat stone walls for us in our front and back yards. We were very impressed with them after the first job they did for us in our front yard a few years ago, so we did not even look at other companies when we wanted to spruce up our backyard this year. The garden walls they built in the backyard were once again beautiful. However, as a gardener, I was disappointed and frustrated by the following things: - Our contract included 50/50 loam compost for the new garden beds. During the job, we caught them filling the beds with the grass they had pulled up from our old lawn and asked them to stop doing that. - When I went to start planting, I found that the garden beds had only a layer of new soil but that my shovel quickly hit a lot of big rocks and uncovered old soil, debris, and trash. - They completely trampled and destroyed my established perennial garden, which was located in a garden bed above where the new beds were built. They also broke several pavers in a little garden path I had and removed them without replacing them. - They recommended microclover for my lawn and seeded it for us as part of the contract, but it grew in quite spotty despite us maintaining it properly with daily waterings. I contacted them about the first issue and their initial response was to tell me that the stones I was finding were part of the wall construction - this was not the case. They had someone come out to take a look and concluded that the soil did need to be replaced, which they finally did. It is much better now, though I still have found some large stones in it. However, in the process of solving that issue, they caused the second one - many of the perennials that my mother and I had worked to plant over the past four years were totally destroyed. They offered me a credit to compensate for the loss, or the option to have them reinstall new flowers, but by that point I just didn't want them near my garden anymore so accepted the credit. I didn't bother contacting them about the spotty lawn - I threw down some grass seeds yesterday to try and fill in the gaps. While I appreciated that they did eventually take steps to resolve the issues, I found it quite frustrating to have to keep reaching out just to get them to do what they really should have done in the first place. They never did a final walkthrough as I've seen other contractors do. No apology for destroying my garden. They have a Benjamin Franklin quote, "The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten" - I definitely felt some of that bitterness throughout this process. My conclusion is that they are really excellent masons but do not understand or respect gardens. If you hire them, be prepared to have to deal with that.

Fantastic experience with Junior and Bruno at Masonworks. On time, on budget and great outcome!…read more Highly recommend.

I hired Affordable to build a stone paver walkway at my house in Bedford. Lisa did a great job both…read morein her recommendations and in the preparation and installation of the walkway. It came out really nice. She had several issues to contend with including a tight work area, a drain pipe that was not low enough, and three different landings to meet up with. We are very happy with the job that she did. We are having her build a garden in the area adjacent to the walkway next. Hard working, nice, fair people who were a pleasure to have working at my house.

I hired James and his company to repair my retaining wall and Walkway…read more They were a pleasure to work with. Impeccable work. Professional and on budget. Highly recommend

I recommend A1 masonry. I give him the highest ratings for efficiency, quality of work showing up…read moreon time estimate right to the penny. I would hire them again to do any masonry work that I have. I can't speak highly enough of them

We are very happy with the fence, pavers, and crushed stone installed in our backyard. They always…read moreshowed up as planned and were easy to communicate with throughout the process regarding decisions or issues. Even when we found an unexpected concert slab buried under the dirt, the team was able to remove it and come up with a resolution to the issue. Thank you!