Blu Masonry

Twenty-nine Google ratings, every one of them five stars — and the through-line isn't the stone, it's the engineering underneath it. Blu Masonry works out of Lupine Road in Andover and is emphatic about what it isn't: not a general contractor, not a handyman crew. The company says it's family-owned with 12-plus years behind it and more than 400 projects finished, with Victor running job sites as CEO and Thaynara handling contracts and finance, and it holds authorized-installer status with both Techo-Bloc and Unilock. The work spans stonework and pavers, chimney repointing, concrete, tile and basement waterproofing for homeowners across Massachusetts. What customers describe lately is a crew that solves the awkward part instead of working around it. One homeowner had stone veneer set over an exposed foundation as part of a larger patio job and needed custom flashing; rather than wait weeks on a special order, the crew fabricated it on site and installed it the same day. Another had a patio and fireplace built in the back yard in April. A third dealt with Joao for the quote and scheduling and came away impressed with how the team ran it. Across 27 written reviews since 2024 the pattern barely wavers: five stars every time, with the praise landing on responsiveness, clean job sites and dates that held. That consistency matters, but so does where it lives — Google is the only platform carrying a review history for this company, so there's no second scoreboard to check it against. Two things to weigh before you call. The scale claims are the company's own: 12-plus years and 400-plus projects, with no founding year given and a visible review history that only starts in 2024. And a couple of reviewers describe them as landscapers, which fits the hardscape half of the business more than the foundation half. This is a strong fit for hardscape and structural stonework — patios, walkways, retaining walls, stone stairs, veneer over a tired foundation, and the drainage or waterproofing that has to go in underneath. Because they take on the structural end, ask for their Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration number, get the written workmanship warranty the site promises in your contract, and ask to walk two or three finished jobs of the same type near you.