Last year we hired A&R to cement three blocks on our property and affix our railing to one of them. The old blocks were deteriorating and our railing was loose at the bottom. The A&R team got rid of the old blocks, recemented new ones and attached our railing to the new cement. While the framing was still intact and the cement was still drying, we were asked by the owner (Craig) how we felt about the work and to write a positive review; which we did but have since deleted. We noticed drips of cement left on our sidewalk, damaged grass caused by the cement truck and destroyed lawn bordering the new blocks. After mentioning these things to Craig and having them addressed haphazardly, we decided to mend them on our own. Not a terribly big deal since our focus was really on the new blocks and the newly attached railing. Fast forward to spring 2026.. Those blocks now have started to chip, leaving porous-like holes and cement crumbs. The block that was attached to our sidewalk is now separated from the sidewalk and the bottom of our railing has visible signs of becoming dislodged from the newly laid cement. Since we had a severe winter season I looked at the cement on the rest of our property to compare it to the cement laid by A&R, because we didn't want to jump to conclusions without doing some due diligence. The rest of our property's cement seemed to hold up while the A&R cement did not. Our neighbors also had cement work done by A&R so we inspected their cement (with permission) and found the same chipping in their blocks. They mentioned that A&R offered to repair their blocks at a discounted rate, which I believe is disingenuous, as the blocks should be repaired for free since they were never installed properly the first time. We've reached out via text, voicemail (610-532-2145) and email (arhomegroup09@gmail.com) to try to get this rectified to no avail. We are done chasing Craig and A&R down because we have no faith in their work or their slogan, "Hard Work and Integrity, it's in the Blood!" read more

Craig and his team did an outstanding job on our walkway this past week! Professional and highly skilled guys are the best in Delco. I highly recommend them for any concrete work you need. Reliable and they do a great job cleaning up. Thank you Craig for a beautiful jo read more

Avoid at all costs: I hired A&R Concrete-Masonry LLC to come fix my chimney crown after seeing many social media posts. I spoke to Craig who was very polite and scheduled the job quickly. However I would not hire them again for any work due to how messy they were. During the repair a lot of mortar and debris were left on my roof which is brand new and covered in mortar. A tarp should have been put down first or the debris removed immediately. read more

A & R Concrete & Masonry - Masonry/Concrete Near Me - Ridley, Pennsylvania

We used A&R to brick point our chimney and Craig and his team were reasonable, reliable, responsive and quick! They finished the job, cleaned the site and were available for follow up questions. We even had a problem relating to what we thought was a masonry issue and Craig made time to check out our issue, made some calls to try and help us all late on a Friday! We appreciate Craig and his service. Not to mention our chimney stack looks brand new and perfect. read more

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Craig Phillips made so many promises that he failed to make happen. I have texts and photos to prove it. I would not recommend this company to anyone. Craig will say anything to get the job but doesn't come through. read more

Great service, value, and quality. Hiring a team of workers who stuck to their words and promises and completed the job way above expectations was refreshing. We had this company redo the concrete on our sidewalk. The job was inspected by myself and the borough officials. We both find the job to be very satisfactory and beyond expectations. Great company to do business with Thanks again read more

We had a horrible experience with this company. We were hesitant to hire them since they did not have a warranty, but they assured us that they stood by their work and would follow up if any issues arose. We had them fix our leaking porch and the very next time it rained, it leaked. They never responded to our calls/inquiries after we tried to reach out to them multiple times. STAY AWAY! read more

Craig Phillips used to operate under the name APM Masonry. After my father and his neighbor hired him to redo their joint porches, he farmed it out to a subcontractor who repeatedly stalled, failed to show up, and ordered the wrong materials. Then he said he ran out of money. Phillips refused to do the work or refund the money. When they continued asking, he stopped answering their calls, and never followed up or refunded any money. BEWARE! This company will rip you off! I would give a negative number of stars if I could. read more

I'd give a negative 100 if i could!! Beware of this liar! I hired Craig Phillips May of 2018 to put in a concrete pad on the side of my home, along with a 16x35 deck with a 12x12 side deck. The entire project was supposed to be completed by end of summer 2018. When I agreed to this project, I paid him $8,000 cash to cover materials, which was paid May 2018. I got excuse after excuse about why it hadn't been started, the entire time claiming it was due completely to the weather. My project started on April 9, 2019, and I gave Craig another $8,000 check for 'labor' to start everything. I asked before the project started if permits were pulled, and was told that they were. I asked on day one of them ripping things apart if permits were pulled, they said yes and that Craig had just forgotten it at the office. I asked multiple times where my permits were, each time being told that they are pulled and they just keep forgetting them at the office. A week after starting, and nowhere near halfway done, he asked for another $4,500. A week after that he asked for half of my remaining balance. It is now June 5, 2019 and Craig not only admitted in writing that permits were never pulled (and trying to blame it on his foreman), but he never got permission from the zoning board to regrade my yard, and my project is still not done. They have left materials everywhere, nothing cleaned up, nothing finished. I called Craig multiples times throughout this process and he kept punting me to the foreman. I texted Craig dozens of times as well, with days upon days going by without a response. He tried to charge me multiple times for change orders that needed pre-approval, which I had not done. He threatened to take me to court to pay those change orders. Craig has been paid in full, and my deck is only 80% finished. I now have to hire someone else to fix what he broke, bring things up to code, and finish it all. A new contractor will cost me upwards of $20,000 per a quote I received today. So all in all I'm going to be out almost FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS! As a side note, he did in fact offer to finish the job, but without permits and knowing his PA license expired May 1, 2019, I hard passed on that offer. Yes, I should not have paid him and his guys until the job was done, but I didn't think he was such a scumbag. read more

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Terrible company, completed the work without a permit even though the contract stated they would get the needed permits. Horrible work caused huge flooding problems. Called multiple times to come back to repair the problems, showed up once and never called again. Sued them and won as they lied in court and did not respond on time and tried to counter sue with fake bills after we had a paid in full notice. Still waiting for the $44,000 the DE court awarded us. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY UNLESS YOU WANT TO PAY TO FIX THEIR MISTAKES!! read more

Same with Jenny on previous post . However ours was our chimney crown, came out took the $350 for crown and had his opiod addicted nephew (his words) perform the work.. who not only didn't fix the problem we found out but caused massive additional damage to it, the roof as well. He also was hired to fix our wall for $600 plus a bait and switch on doing a door apron which never got done until I filed complaint with bbb. The nephew butchered my chimney and wall and caused me over $20k worth of interior damage by not completing the job properly. Craig Phillips doesn't give a s*** that his own nephew completely botched the job. He will not stand by his work and only wanted more $$$ to fix the problems they created. read more

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Excellent Company, fast to get out and provide an estimate. Quickly followed up and completed the work. The work completed was great with a terrific price. The owner and Staff were very respectful and polite when dealing with the Homeowner's. Rocco M read more

I STRONGLY recommend that you NOT do business with A&R Concrete and Masonry Co., Sharon Hill, PA. The CEO/Project manager, Craig Phillips is a scam artist who will promise you one thing but then do just what he pleases on a job. He prepared a contract that was so vaguely worded that I have no possibility of suing to recoup my losses. He tried to sell me a $16K rebuild of my chimney that I did not need. I have a close friend who is a civil engineer as well as a real estate home inspector, who has inspected my house and knows it well. He told me that what I needed was to have it pointed, which I did. A&R subbed out the job and charged me $6400 for a day and a half 's work (including some spot pointing around the house). I also contracted with A&R to have 1/2 of my garage floor replaced and two sets of 2 steps each replaced. Mr. Phillips said that he would use rebar in the garage because we put our car in there every day. The day the concrete was due to be poured, there was no rebar in place. When I asked him about that, he told me that he did not say he would use rebar. Why would I even think of rebar if he did not mention it? The discussion became very testy, but he finally agreed to place rebar. While we were discussing that, the truck arrived to pour the concrete and had to be sent away until the rebar was placed. At the end of the job, he charged my wife an additional $475 for having the truck sent away and then come back. We use our back steps as our primary entrance and the existing top step was 2 feet from front to back, forming a convenient landing. His men replaced that with a one-foot-deep step, which I have fallen down twice. I believe that he did not properly supervise his workers. This is a danger to me (72 years old) and needs to be fixed. Here's where I admit to being naïve. We have virtually no experience dealing with any kind of contractors. We learned some valuable and painful lessons on this job. #1 It's your job, it's your money, get your price. Negotiate. We accepted A&R's price, believing that we were getting a fair price. We were wrong, but can blame no one but ourselves. #2 A&R wrote a contract (which we accepted) that was so vague, it barely defined the job and left us with no recourse now that the job has been done so poorly. The lesson is: it's your job, write your own contract. Be as specific as possible. Include pictures and measurements where appropriate. Make the contractor add it to his contract. Make him sign it. If they refuse to do so, move on. #3 it's your job, make sure it meets your requirements. Supervise every step of the way. Tell them what's not being done right in real time. Mr. Phillips used workers with little ability with English and could not be communicated with and he himself provided almost no supervision. Make the contractor get it right. In other minor matters, the workers dug up areas of my lawn that did not need it, left a pile of debris in my back yard, and when they removed the framing, the men left fifteen 3" wood screws in the driveway, any one of which could have punctured my or my neighbor's tires. I have spent 3 weeks, calling every day, to ask Mr. Phillips to come to my house and discuss fixing these problems. He returned my calls twice and both times agreed to come out to the house and each time did not show. He never returned any of my other calls. Nor does his office reply to my calls. In all, I spent over $14K on this poorly done job. And most importantly, they do not stand behind their work. They are done with you the minute they cash your check. Their boiler-plate contract offers NO GUARANTEES OR WARANTEES. And you can be sure that they will not follow up on the job. read more

For my business I work with a wide variety of contractors, and finding folks who are reliable and responsive yet also do high quality work can be extremely challenging. I've had the pleasure of interacting with Craig and his crew on a variety of occasions. They have been incredibly easy to work with and have done excellent work at reasonable prices. Highly recommended! read more