Ab Masonry & Home Improvement Inc

"I've known him for 15 years." That is how the recommendation for AB Masonry starts in a July 2026 r/CapeCod thread on hardscaping — front steps and a driveway at one house, then retaining walls, another driveway and some chimney work at the same customer's place in Chatham. Their verdict on the work: absolutely beautiful. Two days later another commenter added a short second: "Seconding AB. Alex is a good dude." AB Masonry & Home Improvement is Alex Barcelos's company, based on Blackberry Lane in Hyannis. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, number 183478, is active. BuildZoom's permit records for it are thin — two jobs in 2024, both chimney rebuilds, in South Dennis and Dennis Port, at $4,500 and $15,000 — which suggests most of its work is the kind of hardscaping and masonry that does not pull a permit. What is missing is written customer feedback: nothing on the directories, only the word of neighbours. For steps, walls, driveways and chimney work on the mid-Cape, that word is good and it is current. Ask to see two or three finished walls or driveways nearby — masonry is a trade where you can judge the work with your own eyes — and get the scope and stone spelled out in the quote.