A1 Masonry & Construction

A1 Masonry & Construction is a Burlington outfit whose work shows up all over the towns north and west of Boston — chimney leaks fixed in Salem, Cambridge, Woburn, and Stoneham, basement and foundation repairs closer to home, patios and rebuilt front steps in between. Across 124 Google ratings, almost all five stars, and more than a hundred reviews altogether spanning eight platforms since 2022, the name that keeps coming up job after job is James, whether the work is a chimney, a foundation, or a finished basement. The specifics are what carry the reviews. A homeowner with a nearly 170-year-old house had its foundation rebuilt with new rebar and full repointing after it started losing bricks and stones. Another, buying a house with a deteriorating basement, described the company supplying a business license number and proof of insurance she could independently verify before the crew repointed the whole thing. A third had a foundation leak that had already caused structural water damage inside the home; the crew fixed both the leak and the damage it left behind. In a separate 2025 review, another homeowner described a stubborn basement leak that had been hard to get under control — the crew showed up on time, diagnosed it right away, and walked her through exactly what needed to be done, leaving the space clean when they finished. Ten reviews have come in over the past six months alone, none negative, describing rebuilt front steps, a patio and retaining wall, and more chimney leak repairs. The company also carries an A+ grade with the Better Business Bureau, which lines up with the volume and consistency of what customers describe on Google. Not every job in the written record is flawless: one 2025 reviewer said the brick portion of a stone-and-brick wall job was fine, but the stone work itself was sloppy, wasn't cheap, and was already starting to break down within the year. It's the one substantive complaint in an otherwise long run of five-star jobs, and it's worth asking specifically about stonework technique and warranty terms if that's the scope of the project. Anyone dealing with a leaking chimney, a crumbling foundation, or a wet basement is the core of who these reviews describe being helped — and the range of towns involved suggests the crew travels a fair distance across eastern Massachusetts to do it.