Armando did a wonderful job. My front steps and walkway are unbelievable. It totally transformed…read morethe front of my house. I have posted in my review a before and after.

He came out to look at my driveway. Texted me a quote for 18,500 dollars. Which was off the wall…read morejust for a driveway. No emailed quote with scope of work nothing. I am glad I found a great contractor not from here that knows what he is doing. And only 7500.00 for my driveway to be replaced. That does not include removing the current concrete. Still better quote.

A few years back, I hired Carl to improve the scary grade of my back alley parking spot. He called…read moreme on day one of the job with an idea that cleverly funneled the water and drastically improved the grade of my parking spot beyond what we originally came up with. It worked perfectly! This Spring, his son replaced my shared front garden wall well below what my neighbor quoted for. His crew was super friendly and my new wall (and garden) is beautiful. Great work by these guys.

We've had them over for 2 major jobs over the last 3 years. The first time was to replace the…read morebasement floor from our 1920's era home, and re-parge all the basement and garage walls at the same time. The second was more recently to re-lay out garage floor and some concrete blocks on our sidewalk. They did a great job both times, we've had many people comment on how well they parged the walls, including other contractors. They also managed to lower or basement flow by 6 inches down to the bottom of the foundation walls. They've always been on time, great communication, and both jobs have been fantastic. No wonder there's a waiting period to get on their schedule. Highly recommended Carl and his crew!

I reached out to Matt Burns in the early summer of 2020 for an estimate to replace the clearly…read morefailing railroad tie retaining wall in my back yard. Matt's was one of several estimates I sought, and pricing was all over the place. Matt's bid was competitive and fair, and he demonstrated a depth of knowledge and familiarity that made me immediately comfortable hiring him. Due to scheduling conflicts with another contractor installing a deck for me, I threw Matt a few curveballs. At least twice I had to ask him to move his start date, and when his team did arrive, the deck contractors were totally in his way. Throughout, Matt was patient and focused on his work. The guys he brought with him worked tirelessly over four days to excavate, remove old materials, prepare proper drainage missing from the old wall, rebuild the wall with new EP Henry pavers and regrade the area around the new wall - as well as around my driveway. Matt and his crew went above and beyond, doing extra regrading work not included in his estimate at no additional charge. And they cleaned up the work area at the end of the job beautifully. The wall looks so good that the old, shabby brick pavers by my pool now look sad by comparison. I'll be asking Matt Burns to come back to address that issue, and others, in the future. Hire Matt with confidence. You'll be glad you did. And if you have questions or want more details just message me. I'm happy to offer my strong recommendation of Matt and his team.

Matt Burns and his crew did a great job replacing our driveway, back patio, front walk, new covered…read morefront door landing, and sidewalk. He kept us informed along the way and was very flexible in making any changes we wanted during the process. We would highly recommend them to anyone looking to get a great experience and the job done right.

Step repair was done quickly and well done. Great communication and follow up…read more Two thumbs up!

Did a really nice job on a tricky water pooling/flooding issue at the bottom of our driveway,…read morenstalling an underground drain system and a open grate in the driveway to get at it from two sides. In the end the system seems to be working! The team from Westerfer was quick and professional, and the price was very fair. I recommend them quite strongly - much better than the normal contractor experience!

Mike is the best general mason around. Always does great work for a great prices…read more I would hire him again in a heartbeat and I always recommend him to friends and family!

I'm going to start this off with positive vibes. Mike Gallagher was very nice and prompt with…read morereturning calls. He came right out to give us a quote, which was a very reasonable quote. But the whole process which has been going on for over a month now has been terrible. Our wall was falling and the steps were separating from the wall. So we decided to finally get them redone. We had steps and a stone wall. We met with Mike and he gave us options of material for the wall. We picked bricks and of course they weren't in stock so we asked to wait for them to be in stock rather than picking new ones. Mike was fine with that. Him and his crew started with the demo. They learned that our original wall didn't have a footer so he had to add a footer to the price. Okay. Not a problem. Paid a deposit via his website which was easy. He started to do the steps. Looking at them they were uneven and crooked. Mike claimed they weren't done and then decided he wanted to bull nose the steps. Instead of demoing the steps completely, he chipped up the first layer and added new concrete to add the bull nose and level them out. They look absolutely horrible. They are two different colors. Not smooth and still uneven. Might i also add that they claimed steps are their specialty. The wall looked nice when they were done with it. But the more you look at it you began to notice small things that made you say, hmmm... The new wall was smaller than our original wall. And one side was shorter than our original wall. Okay. Whatever. There also was only one or two mesh areas for water to drain. Paid him in full PLUS a nice tip. Thought, okay. Whatever. We'll fix the steps next yr. But after our first rain storm issues began to arrise. We noticed that one of the caps on the wall was cracked. Which then soon broke. We also noticed that the caps are NOT secured. We could lift just about every one. Now we're very annoyed. Mike comes back to fix everything. But he managed to make it look worse. The cracked one was never fixed (as of 10/4.) The mortar that he used was just plopped ontop of the bricks and not cleaned up or smoothed out. There are holes between my caps and bricks. We legit can see through it. They are lifted and just look terrible! There is mortar pouring over the sides. The caps aren't straight anymore either. They are shifted when they used to be at least pretty straight. Not to mention the mess they left. Dirt everywhere. Cement all over my driveway that we are now having to chip up and power wash everything. I was so excited to improve the outside of my house and now it looks worse than before. I do not recommend Gallagher Masonry unless you don't care about things being straight, done well and cleaned up.

Steve Preiss is an artist, a craftsman and a reliable contractor I was fortunate to get connected…read moreto him through a neighbor who has known him for a long time. We bought our old stone pile almost 2.5 years ago and discovered during our investigations that the seller who had been in the house for 30+ years had never had a mason do any work. It showed. With the aid of another friend who specialized in masonry restoration, I set out with Steve Preiss to tackle all the issues: stone weathered by too hard portland cement mortar, arch keystones slipping because of mortar washout, rotting window frames and sills because of open cracks where wood met stone. Steve Preiss matched mortar color in every area of house. He's done many distinct projects: a chimney, pointing walls, rebuilding a collapsed dry stack wall, rebuilding entryway piers, rebuilding archways, lots of different pointing of stone (mostly) and brick floor (a little bit). He's a gem.

Unfortunately the owner never responded to my requests for estimates after actually performing work…read moreat my house when he worked for Preiss Masonry.

I am absolutely pleased with the work done by the crew! From Michael coming to take a look at my…read moresteps from his crew fixing them. I will 100% be recommending their services. Very professional and communicative! 10/10!

Responsive, honest, and great work. First time using yelp for a project like this and found exactly…read morethe right guy. Highly recommend

Had small wall, deck, and pointing done and the results where excellent! Went above and beyond and…read moreadded a few extra touches that my wife and I truly appreciate. Would highly recommend!!!!

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