AJ Masonry Contractor

AJ Masonry Contractor is a Lynn hardscape and masonry outfit built almost entirely around one name: Armando. Across dozens of Google reviews stretching back to 2021 — the six most recent all five stars — customers describe the same owner personally walking them through material choices, showing up on schedule, and finishing jobs that would take other crews weeks in a matter of days. The bulk of the work is patios, retaining walls, walkways and front steps. One customer had a full backyard hardscape — retaining walls, pavers, steps and new planting beds — redone start to finish; another got a 15x15 patio built in two days flat. A recurring theme is speed without shortcuts: a retaining wall rebuilt with recycled granite (to save the client money and match the existing house style) finished in 4 days versus the weeks the customer expected, and a walkway-and-paver job wrapped in a single day. Chimney work comes up often enough to call it a real specialty, not a one-off: several customers hired AJ specifically to repoint, reseal, and replace chimney caps, with more than one noting that Armando explained the reasoning and documented the work with photos as he went. A couple of jobs stray past pure hardscaping — a basement that kept taking on water after heavy rain, and a separate foundation repair, both turn up in the reviews — alongside occasional fence installation and, on at least one job, new planting beds worked in with a hardscape project. In a 2025 review, one customer described comparing six masonry companies before choosing AJ, specifically because Armando pushed for a full step replacement over the cheaper cosmetic patch other bidders offered — a "do it right, not cheap" call that repeats as a theme across the review history. AJ is a strong fit for a stone or brick hardscape project — a patio, retaining wall, walkway, or chimney repointing — where having one point of contact run the crew start to finish matters. Given how often repeat and referred customers show up in the reviews, it's worth confirming current scheduling lead time before counting on a particular start date.