Division One Masonry & Waterproofing

Division One Masonry & Waterproofing works out of Brookline, handling the kind of exterior structural work that doesn't get much attention until something's wrong: a cracked foundation, a wet basement, a walkway that's heaved with the frost. The company says it's family-run and has served Brookline, Cambridge, and Boston since 2004, a bit over two decades. Its four Google reviews, all from late 2025 through mid-2026, tell a consistent story: a walkway-and-steps rebuild a customer called clean and tidy, a paver driveway job that brought in a new retaining wall and steps, and a patio replacement that came with a firm quote and timeline. Each one mentions the same two things — the crew showing up on time and leaving the site clean — which is a fair pattern to see repeat across a handful of jobs, though four reviews on a single platform is still a short track record, not a long one. One of the company's own web listings describes it as also doing roofing work, but roofing doesn't appear in the service list on its current site, so it's worth confirming directly if that's part of the job you need. Its marketing copy is also inconsistent about tenure, citing both "30 years of customer satisfaction" in one spot and a 2004 start (about 22 years) in another — treat the exact number as approximate rather than exact. For hardscaping and basement or foundation work around Brookline — walkways, patios, retaining walls, waterproofing — the early reviews are specific enough to be a reasonable starting point. Given how few reviews exist, ask for a couple of recent local references before committing to a bigger job.