Atlantic Masonry & Tile, LLC

Atlantic Masonry & Tile is a Melrose, Massachusetts masonry contractor — the company says it works in brick, block, stone, pavers and concrete on walkways, driveways, patios, retaining walls, chimneys, repointing and foundation repair, serving the North Shore and Greater Boston. It's owned and run by Zine Bel Qaid, who the company says spent over a decade learning the trade in Tuscany, Italy before setting up shop in Massachusetts; BBB records list the LLC as started July 2, 2012. The paper trail here is unusually solid for a company with no posted star reviews yet. Its Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor license, #174147, checks out active against the state registry, and BuildZoom independently lists that same number for the company. Building-permit records tied to the business show 19 completed jobs, most of them retaining walls and masonry steps across Melrose, Malden, Somerville and nearby towns, and BBB has accredited it with an A+ rating since December 2019. In a 2019 trade-press writeup, Atlantic Masonry was reported to have handled the bulk of the tile installation on a Yale University building, working alongside general contractor Dimeo Construction — a notable job for a company this size. What's missing so far is customer word-of-mouth: BBB, Houzz and BuildZoom all show the profile with zero reviews, so there isn't yet a track record of homeowner feedback to weigh against the licensing and permit data. For retaining walls, patios, driveways, steps or chimney repointing in the Melrose/North Shore area, the licensing and permit history here hold up cleanly — it's worth asking for a couple of recent customer references directly, since the public review record hasn't caught up to the work on file yet.