ELIGIO & SON MASONRY & LANDSCAPING

A cracked, unsafe front step got one homeowner an onsite quote within 24 hours and a finished job the same day it started — a pattern reviewers describe again and again with Eligio & Son Masonry & Landscaping, a masonry and landscaping outfit whose own site lists an address in Lynn while Angi and HomeAdvisor instead show one in Peabody, a few towns over. The masonry side is where the specifics pile up: dry-stack and rock retaining walls, granite steps, brick and paver patios, with reviewers naming Ambrocio (also called Eligio or Eli) directly and noting his pricing came in fair and the work has held through New England winters. Two people in related trades — a stone mason and a landscape contractor — say they send Eligio & Son their own overflow work, a different kind of vouching than a homeowner review. Google shows a 4.8★ average across 37 ratings and Thumbtack a 5.0★ across 3; the reviews span 2024 to 2026 with none negative in the last six months. The one dissent worth reading came from a customer satisfied with the finished work but frustrated the company wouldn't shift a mowing schedule around an active construction project on the property, and was pointed back to the original estimate — a scheduling-rigidity complaint, not a quality one, but worth raising if timing flexibility matters. It's also worth asking directly how long the business has actually been operating: its own website separately claims a 2013 start along with 'over 18 years' and 'more than 20 years' of experience, and Angi and HomeAdvisor's own business-details fields say 6 years even as those same profiles' text claims over 20. For a stone wall, patio, or steps job alongside routine yard upkeep, this is a crew homeowners keep calling back for both — just confirm the current address and get a firm schedule in writing if the job's timing needs to flex.