Alvarenga Masonry

An urgent sewer repair left one homeowner with a demolished stone wall. Juan Alvarenga and his crew rebuilt it, and that December 2022 customer liked the result enough to commission a front stone wall too and have their old granite steps repointed. Stone is what Alvarenga Masonry gets called for around East Boston — patios, walls, steps — and the company describes itself as veteran-owned and locally owned, six years in business, with Spanish-language service. Five written accounts, dated between December 2022 and September 2023, each at five stars. A June 2023 customer described a stone patio built in their backyard and singled out the attention to detail and the materials used. In May 2023 another homeowner hired them for patio masonry and wrote that the crew would not leave until the job was done. An April 2023 customer was satisfied with the steps they built and said a further project was coming. One thing to settle before hiring: the state registry shows the company's Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #207956, as expired, and BuildZoom lists that same number as a mason license that expired 03-14-2025. Ask Juan where the registration stands now. The five-star ratings on Angi and HomeAdvisor rest on that one stone-wall review — HomeAdvisor mirrors the Angi listing — so the five Google ratings carry most of the weight. For stonework — a patio, a garden or front wall, granite steps that need repointing — the 2022 and 2023 accounts describe finished, unhurried work from a small crew. Get the registration status in writing before any money changes hands, and have the stone and the scope spelled out in the estimate.