We contacted several contractors for a lot of masonry work - retaining wall repair (lots), concrete…read morewalk replacement, sealing the foundation wall from leaking and patching a small and budding sinkhole in our asphalt pavement. The team, led by John, did the job with great efficiency and expertise, finishing in just two days. Everything was thoroughly cleaned up and the finished work looks great. John and his guys did a terrific job all around and he also fed our little chipmunk population with peanuts! Talk about good customer service!

Its always cool when you use a contractor then you keep on seeing the same crew around the…read moreneighborhood for the next two months as the neighbors also use them. John (and his son) and the crew of prostone are great. The quote was very fair, and John was on the job site every day. When I met him and got the quote I thought-this had to be a scam-no one can be that nice and fair and still be in business. But they are the real deal. We had several quotes and prostone was the cheapest by thousands and still did everything by the book (got a permit, did some extra stuff because the inspector came by etc...). Highly recommended.

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!

Our chimney is tilted and we called quite a few masonry companies for an estimate for repair. At…read morefirst we signed up with another masonry company for the job but they never came. That turned out to be a good thing because we then contacted Marchetti Masonry purely by chance from online search. John replied my call the next day and came in person to gave us a very reasonable estimate and explained everything clearly to us. He was pleasant to talk to and gave use good advice without pressuring us for anything. After we decided to use him to rebuild the chimney, we waited for a nice weather without having to schedule the work well in advance. Though sometimes it was hard to find him because he was too busy with many projects, he always responded to our voice mail. Today they finally finished my chimney after working on it for the last two days and I was very impressed by the new chimney. They tried to use the old bricks so to preserve the original style of the house. This also reduced the total cost of the project significantly. John and his assistant Andrew did all the work by themselves without subcontractors so you know exactly who is doing the work without the cost of middleman. They set up the scaffolding carefully using cloth padding between the platform and the roof to protect the roof and didn't use a single nail on the roof. After finishing the job, they cleaned up everything and left everything in its original condition. We are very pleased with their work and decided to ask them to repoint the other chimney on our house next week. I don't think I need to look for another mason in the future.

John Marchetti built me the most beautiful fireplace! He was professional and completed the job…read morewhen promised. Everyone who comes over comments on how spectacular it looks. He is amazingly talented and I could not be happier!

i had a great experience with Citywide. Great work, guys were polite and considerate. Final…read moreproduct was better than we imagined.

Excellent work! They were easy to talk to and made sure to write down the details in a quote so…read morethat we wouldn't have any surprises on the job.

Called, said to text my address and said would stop by later in the day, NEVER did and NEVER calledread more

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.

I hired this company to build my inground pool and pave my backyard, and it turned out to be my…read moreworst experience with any contractor ever. They began my project in May of this year and promised to complete the work by June 20th. However, they didn't finish the pool until the end of August. I also paid for a customized cover for the pool, but the owner kept giving me different excuses and repeatedly told me, "next week," just like he did about the pool. I also paid for in-ground outlets, which he insisted would be done at the end of the job, but he later claimed that the electrician couldn't do it because the inspection had already been completed. I would never recommend this company to anyone. The owner will say one thing today and deny it later. Please be cautious if you consider hiring them.

After being blown off all day long starting at 7: 43 in the morning to 6:35 when I was told for the…read morelast time he was 20 minutes out he quoted me a price over the phone sight unseen and I said to him as he knew it was an emergency situation I really didn't have a choice it was fine if you could please just get here I was told "If you don't like it it's fine I can just go home" I then replied"nope it's fine I don't have a choice at this point please just come" I asked him again how long till he got here you said according to his GPS it would be 45 minutes. I got off the phone thought about it and decided to send him a detailed text message telling him I would not be using his service and why what's my main reason being how rude he was and his unprofessionalism, stated "you can just go home" and wishing him luck on All future endeavors. Thinking that was the end of it it wasn't until over an hour later when I picked up my phone and had received multiple text messages stating how "it was a great price" "I should be thankful" he's got trucks breaking down constantly"" there's a lot of snow" "long day and too much work""we have work for like 5 months crazy" "I'm very professional" The only thing I can say good that came out of this whole situation was the company I ended up working with after not only were they two of the nicest guys I've ever have the pleasure of working with. Charged me less than half the price quoted by s&g they text me informing updates as to their progress with getting to me and did an amazing job. A shining example true professionalism.

Update- his team did come to replace the dead plants after I posted this review, the ones he put in…read moredo look in much better shape.

Orli and his team did fantastic work. They built a retaining wall, leveled our yard and laid down…read moresod. We reached out after searching on Yelp and Orli was quick to respond and provide a formal estimate. The pricing was reasonable compared to other estimates. Orli and his team completed the entire project in about a week and half. Throughout this time they were professional and easy to work with. We love the results even more than we thought we would- see before and after pictures to see their work! We would definitely recommend All Star Boston Landscaping and Masonry.