Recently, I decided to purchase a plot and buy a headstone for myself in case I died suddenly. I…read moredecided to design the stone myself but did not know what was realistic. I told the staff what I was thinking about and I got a lot of interesting options. It came out perfectly.

From the owner: Sycamore Monuments provides monument engraving, ceramic photos, sales, service, and cleaning to the…read moreSycamore, IL area.

Debbie and Char are so helpful and professional. We were wanting to get a small memorial gravestone…read morefor a relative who had been in an unmarked grave for decades. It felt wrong to not have a marker. We didn't know where to call so we reached out to Oakwood Memorial Park. Ryan directed us to Jobst and we were glad to do business with them. They promptly returned my call and gave us some options for our budget. We made an appointment in person with Char to discuss the verbiage and layout. She is such a pleasant person and we enjoyed chatting with her. She showed us a new mock-up a couple weeks later and it was exactly what we wanted. It got installed at the cemetery about 6 weeks later. We were impressed that Debbie and Char emailed us a photo of the finished stone before it got installed. It is a stunning memorial, very classy. The storefront of Jobst is cheerful and bright. There are a ton of yard decorations and stones. Everyone is very helpful and excellent customer service overall.

Headstones, fountains, wind chimes, and whimsy, this place has it all. Stop in and shop around, you…read morenever know what's going to catch your eye. The ladies behind the counter are great, super helpful with everything. Abe they have some social items in there that you're not going to find anywhere else. And the prices are right.

Received a call from this vendor and apparently there was a technology related issue that the…read morecaused the mishap. Situation rectified and we have a rescheduled appointment.

Pawel was very easy to deal with. His crew was great and the…read morework was done professionally and on time. Highly recommend.

Extremely professional in all aspects of the project. Fairly priced. Really knowledgeableread more

We began our conversation with Salvador about a year ago. We had just torn down and rebuilt our…read moregarage and needed to landscape the back yard. He came out and provided us with an estimate and drawing, which we loved. However our neighbors were doing a construction project as well that caused us to have to hold off on our project until this year. Salvador came back out, adjusted the original plan to account for the work the neighbors had done, and ultimately provided us with the back yard of our dreams. It was completely worth the investment and worth waiting for. Salvador, Maria, and the crew were great to work with from beginning to end. Salvador is creative in his designs and very knowledgeable about the plants he brought in. He and the crew were dependable and did really great work for us. Highly recommend.

Kapsa Monument Co did a beautiful monument for me and my late husband a few years ago and placed it…read morein a Hillside cemetery. The monument has a vase on each side. Recently one of the vases has become loose. I've tried to reach out to Kapsa a few times. No one ever answers the phone. I've left 3 messages in over a week and half stating my issue and asked for the favor of a reply. I've yet to hear back from Kapsa. This monument wasn't cheap. I've reached out to two other monument companies in the area in the meantime and they are willing to help but say Kapsa should stand behind their business and take care of this. If they can or can't, either way the courtesy of a reply is expected for such an expensive monument. I can't rate them good in the service area as they are non responsive.

Buyer beware. This place is absolutely awful. They will screw you on the contract and they are very…read moredisrespectful. They will intentionally and purposely omit IMPORTANT and KEY things from the contract, and this can screw you in the end. When I caught these items, owner refused to correct them. Here they are: 1.) They verbally said that ALL inscriptions and design are included in the price, but when you get the contract it does not say this, and when you ask the owner to add, he refuses. Don't ever sign the contract unless they clearly write in text that ALL inscriptions and design are included in the headstone price, just like they verbally say. 2.) Draft of the drawing, design, and inscriptions was not attached. How else will you know what the heck you are getting?!?!? Don't accept without this! 3.) Full names of the deceased were omitted. This contract is also combined into the application for the cemetery. Are we just trying to get the cemetery office to guess? 4.) Memorialist didn't sign the cemetery contract on the back, which is required before you can even place any headstone in the cemetery. The cemetery has its own rules which we all have to agree to. We don't own the cemetery. These are all normal procedures for all cemeteries. 5.) Approximate date of delivery was missing. You can't just put a season like spring or summer. The owner was very disrespectful. When trying to resolve this in a calm manner, he talked over me. I tried talking to the owner nicely on the phone, but all he did was hang up on me. Avoid this business, and go to others in the area that will: actually put in writing what they say verbally, are willing to actually fill out a contract completely, and treat you with respect. After all, if you are paying them thousands of dollars for a headstone, I would think that you would at least have the above taken care of. This place is absolutely awful. STAY AWAY.

You ever have a contractor do such a good job that you start trying to find other things to call…read morethem back for? That's how I'm feeling today. Jerry and his crew are great. They are highly skilled of course, super friendly, fast, and most importantly had great communication. From my experience this is where contractor relationships most often break down. They made it a point to make me feel comfortable about the work being done since I wasn't going to be home that day. EQT went above my expectations. There was one spot on the stonework where we were filling a large hole and I said it's okay to just fill it with mortar, but like a magician Jerry produced the perfect stone brick from somewhere and made it look original. It was going to be behind a mailbox anyway but he wanted it to look right in case we changed it later. They also found a few more issues that weren't discussed and just took care of them without changing the price. It was a pleasure to work with them and they are definitely going on my list of primo contractors.

From the owner: We have been providing quality tuckpointing and brickwork to our satisfied clients since 1993…read more European Quality Tuckpointing is known throughout Chicagoland for its friendly, on-time service and competitive rates. We stand behind the quality of our work-we aren't satisfied until you are satisfied.We welcome residential, commercial and industrial projects. Our expert professionals serve all of Chicago, IL, and the surrounding suburbs. We are fully licensed and insured.Our services include:Tuck pointingMasonry RehabilitationMasonry RestorationMasonry ReconstructionNew Construction brick work and masonryCall us today for your free estimate.Less

Maks came out and gave us a very reasonable estimate on rebuilding our two chimneys. He helped us…read morepick out a matching stone as one chimney was only going to be rebuilt from the roof line up so it had to compliment the bottom half. He protected our brand new roof and worked with the roofers to ensure that everything met the proper requirements for a waterproof and sound installation. I would definitely hire the Stone and Brick Masonry Group for any of my chimney and masonry needs.

I would not hire them again. My patio is fairly new. Before they came it was sealed properly…read more After they came it fell apart after 6 mo. They'll tell you every excuse in the book, saying the patio has too much shade, poor drainage, etc. But the fact is, it was sealed and fine until they came, resealed/sanded it and then it was a disaster. Now I have to get it redone properly again. What a waste of money that was. Do not listen to the excuses they provide. They will reply here and it's 100% a lie. They would not come and redo it for me. So I will never recommend this place to anyone. Poor craftsmanship on their part. And they would not resolve it, so not a trustworthy business. Come with the excuses. Adios. https://youtu.be/e7CbCTkfPxE - view of the shoddy craftsmanship applied to my entire patio. The whole thing looks like this now and did after 6 mo of them redoing the patio. Before this, I never had problems to this degree, period. Nothing even close to this state. My entire patio has sun hitting it, there's no excuses here. There's guards along the edge to keep plants from penetrating it, always has been. They'll throw every excuse at the book while other contractors will just make it right, even if they have to redo such a poor job that did not hold up even for a year.

Used Hynek Construction for our condo building tuckpointing project. Some water was seeping above…read morethe windows and causing a leak. He brought to our attention several other places where this was starting to happen on the wall and repaired them for a reasonable cost. The work is holding up nicely years later, looks great! Thank you.

This is a long overdue review which I hate to leave but don't know what else to do…read more We had our both our driveway and garage floor completely replaced in May 2021. Not a cheap job by any means. All looked nice at first but within 2 years, parts of both started showing signs of cracking and spalling. My husband called them back out to see what could be done and were told they couldn't do anything except replace the whole thing again? The explanation is the weather in Chicago is the reason. By the third year, the area where the garage floor meets the concrete driveway and parts of the driveway are crumbling. I didn't expect any of this within the first few years.. and I don't see other newer driveways in my neighborhood with this issue. Something was wrong with what they used or how they mixed their product. Now, water seeps into the garage through the cracks at winter time. It's extremely upsetting and each year that goes by, I get more upset. More and more crumbling. I wish they had better options for us or could do something without charging us for a full redo. Please make this right.