TJ and his crew tore out a very tired front steps (wood) and a brick retaining wall. Replaced with…read moregranite block steps and cobblestone wall. Absolute pro's. The job is solid and attractive. And he did it right before Easter. Nice and early in the season. I'd highly recommend. Thanks.

Today TJ finished his second project for us and did another terrific job. He did our front brick…read moresteps in the spring time and tiled our kitchen and foyer in the winter. He is consistently the best price in town but more importantly he is corteous, friendly, reliable and meticulous. He seems to make a point of over-delivering. He is the best VALUE in town. I would recommend TJ for any masonry or tile job. He had a team of people to support him with our tile job and they worked like a machine. First TJ adds value with input on stone, grout and trim. He arrives as scheduled to a) rip up our multiple layers of old flooring, b) add the appropriate height backerboard to get our tile to the proper height, c) lay tile so we could walk around our kitchen and hallway as he worked, d) grout and e) clean-up. This was no easy assignment - more than 300 sf of tiling with some crazy cuts to our flooring that stretched from our front entry foyer to our hallway and into our kitchen.

Renaissance Masonry recently repaired loose and damaged bricks in my home's foundation. Kevin and…read morehis team were excellent; they were punctual, provided a clear estimate, and communicated their work effectively. They did a fantastic job with the repointing and sealing. I highly recommend them and would definitely work with them again!

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Edgar and his team ripped out an old retaining wall and constructed a new one for me. It looks…read morebeautiful. The price quote was reasonable, and they always communicated with me very clearly about the details of the job. I also appreciated that they came at the same time each morning, and worked diligently until the job was done. I would not hesitate to use them for another job in the future.

Edgar and sons took 3 trees from our yard Monday this week and I must say I am totally impressed!…read moreAll three guys showed up at 7am and worked hard til 4pm taking 3 huge 80-100 foot trees. Due to the lack of daylight, they had to come back Tuesday to finish, grinding the stumps and cleaning up. They worked very well together and efficiently. The price was great for all they did! I would highly recommend them and will use them again in the future!

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I interviewed a few masonry companies for repairing spalling brick in my basement. Some wanted to…read moreparge the walls, which was not what I wanted. Some quoted me fairly high prices for the repair, but Martin Forde offered me the best, and most reasonable cost for the job. During our interview Martin struck me as a competent, and fair mason and he is responsive by email, which are valuable traits in a contractor. We scheduled the job, and he and his team showed up right on time. The first thing I learned is that Forde masonry may not have a full time staff. Martin definitely came out to my job periodically to deliver materials, but the masons who did the work were actually two latinos who seemed to be day laborers. They were competent, and very polite as I asked questions in my broken Spanish, but that makes accountability a little more difficult. That became a problem when I was in the basement with another contractor, and I saw one of the mason repairing a hole that was two withes thick. He was just repairing the outward face that I could see, but leaving a whole in the second layer. I asked him about it, so he dropped some mortar into the hole, a few bricks, and kept on with his repair. Yes, it visually looks fine and I would not have noticed if I were not watching as the hole was getting closed up, but that is not what I expect when I hire a professional mason to repair my walls. My job is done though, and I hopefully will not need masonry help for a while. Most of the issues I had are easily fixed with a little more attention to detail, and oversight, so I would encourage others to give Martin a chance if you need masonry help.

Once again Adam/ AQM and his team have done outstanding…read moremasonary work on my home. Adam's team just regrouted a stone retaining wall, repaved my driveway and added a cobblestone apron and border to the driveway. Adam recommended topping my retaining wall with bluestone rather than cement. Aesthetically, the entire look is 100% improved in two days of efficient and spotless work by the crew! On discussion of the project, Adam recognized and addressed that my town required a permit for the cobblestone apron portion. Work started within a week of the permit. FYI: Adam is extremely responsive to text messaging with questions and concerns. I highly recommend AQM Masonry & Contracting. PC, a returning client.

Adam and his team did a first rate masonry job on our building at the corner of Main St and Albion…read moreSt in Wakefield. The stonework looks fantastic and creates a great look for our financial planning business. It will certainly impress prospective and existing clients when they arrive for meetings or financial seminars. I highly recommend AQM Masonry & Contracting.

I had an existing sidewalk I wanted to extend. My husband did the original work, but unfortunately,…read moreCambridge Pavers discontinued the stone. After speaking with several masonry contractors who submitted bids but didn't even bother to give us any referrals or try to match the paving stones, we went with State Stone for several reasons. Claudio went above and beyond before he started the job. He tried tirelessly to match the stones. Since he's been in business for many years, Claudio has many solid connections with several masonry establishments. Claudio met with us several times before he got the job and explained precisely what he would do. Once we agreed to have him complete the sidewalk, Claudio gave us a contract (5 pages long) explaining exactly what he would do and a timeline for the work. My husband built our house. Since he usually completes our home repairs, trusting someone to work on the house is hard. Claudio and his team surpassed all of his expectations. We highly recommend State Stone for any masonry project and are looking forward to having them return to do more work.

My stairs where installed by State Stone just over 4 years ago. I thought a couple of pictures are…read moreworth more than any words. Claudio has promised me countless times that he would be back to repair the steps. The stairs are just one part of over $25,000 worth of masonry work that was done at my home. Go figure?

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.

Eber Chilel and his assistant did an extraordinary job…read more.. and all in just one day. I had a very specific and detailed design for the bluestone landing at the bottom of my front staircase. Eber was very interested in making sure all the details were understood between the two of us and he checked in with me a couple times to make certain I was happy along the way. His estimate was very fair and reasonable. Better than most. I'd hire him again in a heartbeat.

The owner, Eber what's the first to call me on Yelp. His communication was very prompt throughout…read morethe process. He gave me a reasonable price the next day and came a week later to complete the job in one day. The result was beautiful and everything was cleaned up. Call him if you're looking for someone who is easy to work with and get the job done right, big or small.

Let me just say if you want something done the way you would actually do it yourself but for…read morewhatever reason you can't then Sal is the guy for your job! I had him re grout my patio then clean and seal it plus some fire pit work and I could not be happier with the results. My patio looked brand new by the time he was done with it like it was installed the day he finished! What I was really impressed, with and this is hard to find these days, is the fact that he literally does the job like it's his own patio! On top of that he is very professional and clean! No sign of any mess left behind and on top of that he's very easy to communicate with and responds in detail with any questions you may have! Of all the jobs I have hired people for throughout the years Sal is by far the most positive experience I have had! I will definitely be hiring him for any service I need that he covers down the road and I highly suggest you do to!

Sal did a great job with our walk way! He came when he said he would and finished in very timely…read moremanor. He was very helpful with suggestions on type of material. Gave suggestions where to go to pick it out. He was very meticulous installing the pavers and everything was spaced evenly and level. He also did a fantastic job fixing our brick steps on the front of the house and topped them with granite. They look beautiful. I would definitely recommend Sal's Masonry. If I could give more then five star I would!

John was fantastic to work with to repair an internal wall and remove a chimney in my 1870s…read moreapartment. He was super responsive and flexible in helping me get approval through my HOA, his team was punctual, the pricing was reasonable, the wall looks great, and the work was completed ahead of schedule. Highly recommend!

We hired Budget Masonry and Construction to repair and repoint our chimney and brick facade, and we…read moreare so happy we did. John and his team were communicative, honest, punctual, and gave us a fair quote. Would highly recommend them!