Ace Masonry Co

Ace Masonry is a Newton shop for brick and stone — brick laying, stone masonry, chimney repair and tuckpointing — and names Waltham, Watertown, Brookline, Needham, Weston and Wellesley among the towns it covers. On Google it carries a 4.9 average across 34 ratings. The written reviews came in almost all at once: seventeen of the nineteen were posted between 3 and 19 February 2025. The words that repeat in them are communication, professional, respectful and efficient. One of those February 2025 writers said outright that they had not paid for any services and were convinced by photographs of the work; another said a relative had been a stone mason, that their own bar for craftsmanship was high, and that they would use the company for any job. On 7 January 2025, a month before that run, a reviewer gave one star and wrote that the company was messaging people on Craigslist asking them to leave five-star reviews — false advertisement, in their words. The most recent account, from August 2026, is a customer who said the masonry work on their property was done well and scored it 10 out of 10. The Better Business Bureau grades the business A−, a mark it ties to how long the company has been operating, and the profile is not accredited. For brickwork, a chimney rebuild or repointing in the Newton area, go in with the usual homework done: ask for the Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration number and look it up on the state's register, ask to walk a finished job nearby in person, and get the scope and price in writing before any work starts.