Avico Mason Contractors

Avico Mason Contractors is a small Woburn masonry outfit — five people, by its Better Business Bureau file, working brick, block, stone and flagstone for both houses and commercial buildings. What it actually does is stonework and the repair of stonework: brick and stone point replacement, chimneys, patios, retaining walls, veneers, paving systems and foundations, plus exterior restoration, waterproofing, sealants and graffiti-prevention coatings. That last cluster is the tell — this is as much a restoration and weatherproofing shop as a build-it-new one. Its BBB file was opened in July 1993 and the bureau puts the business at 33 years, listing A.J. Izzo as project manager. The bureau grades it A+, though the profile is explicitly not BBB-accredited; those are two separate facts. Only one customer review has surfaced anywhere, and it carries no date and no star rating, so there is very little written history from actual customers to weigh — not a mark against the work, but a reason to ask for references directly. One thing to settle before signing anything: the Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration on file, number 144891, is held by AVICO MASON CONTRACTOR, INC. and the state registry shows it expired. Masonry, patio and foundation work is not the kind of contracting Massachusetts exempts from registration, so ask the company where that registration stands today and get the answer in writing before work starts. The right call here is a homeowner with pointing, chimney, patio or foundation-waterproofing work who wants a long-established local mason and is willing to do the verification legwork themselves — confirm the registration status with the state, confirm insurance, and ask to see recent jobs nearby, because the public review trail is thin enough that it cannot do that job for you.