Drystone Masonry & Waterproofing

Seventeen Google ratings and every one of them is five stars — that's the first thing that stands out about Drystone Masonry & Waterproofing. The Medford company says it has been doing masonry and waterproofing work in the area since 2004, and its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is active. The reviews from the past few weeks tell a consistent story, and it's a busy one. Customers describe the crew rebuilding a chimney and installing a new liner, repointing stone retaining walls, replacing lintels and pouring concrete, waterproofing a foundation and installing a new bulkhead door, and building fieldstone steps with new treads. One customer who hired them twice said the first job was fieldstone steps and the second was a chimney flashing and crown repair — the kind of repeat business that suggests people come back. A few threads run through the praise. Reviewers keep calling the crews communicative and organized: one noted the team explained the waterproofing plan before starting, another said they kept the work area organized and cleaned up after a chimney rebuild. Pricing comes up more than once too, with customers calling it "very reasonable" and "very good" — single accounts rather than a broad pattern, but consistent with the tone of the rest. Nothing here raises a flag, but there's a pattern worth noting: this run of reviews is concentrated in a tight stretch of mid-to-late August 2026, so it's worth asking how the company's pace holds up as work picks up, and getting a written estimate before the job starts since none of the pricing comments name a rate. This looks like a solid call for the classic New England masonry punch list — chimney repair, foundation waterproofing, stone steps and walls, and repointing — especially for homeowners in Medford, Malden, Stoneham, or Boston, the area the company says it covers.