Creative drives and patios and masonry

Creative Drives and Patios and Masonry is a small Dedham, MA outfit built around driveway paving and masonry work — regrading and repaving driveways, patios, and the stone and drainage work that goes with them. The company's Angi profile says it has 56 years in business and lists Driveway Replacement as its main service, with free estimates and emergency service offered. The written record for driveway jobs is mostly strong. Seven of eight Angi reviews from 2020 through 2022 are five stars, describing a driveway expansion and repaving, a drainage fix ahead of a full driveway resurfacing, and other jobs finished within a week or two — several reviewers name owner John Delaney directly for coming out fast, giving a fair price, and following through. A 2023 Google review tells the same story, calling the finished work better than expected. The picture splits hard on Better Business Bureau, where the business is also listed as Delaney Paving & Masonry under the same John Delaney. Two BBB reviewers go well past a bad-experience complaint, calling him a conman who does not know how to pave driveways and telling other homeowners to stay away. Separately, one 2021 Angi review describes a payment dispute that turned into a threat of legal action, and claims the company has no contractor license. That split is the thing to ask about directly before booking: get a written contract and payment schedule up front, and confirm licensing and insurance directly rather than taking either side's account at face value. The driveway work itself has real, specific praise behind it — but the BBB warnings are pointed enough, and specific enough, that they deserve a direct conversation before any money changes hands.