Ferreira & Son Masonry Hardscaping

A customer in July braced for a long job — regrade and level the patio, then build a retaining wall around the fireplace area — and Leonardo's crew finished the whole thing in a single day. Speed with stone is the recurring surprise here, and it comes from a small crew: three or four men who built a multi-layered retaining wall in August and, in one March job, four workers who skimmed a deteriorating cellar brick wall in five hours and cleaned up after themselves. Ferreira & Son is Leo Ferreira's company, and its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, 215497, is active on the state registry in that name. Retaining walls are what people call for most. One April customer had theirs built in the Ideal Fat Face 2.0 system with Leo explaining the process as it went; a May customer was handed three quotes for three different wall materials, each with photos of how it would look; a 2025 customer added a stone wall to stop erosion and called the cost reasonable. Getting a number is quick. Leo visited one March customer's site the day after the request and another's cellar the next morning, and customers say the work lands where he said it would: a June project finished in less time than estimated, a May 2025 one inside both the timeframe and the cost. Design changes mid-job come up more than once without complaint. The range runs past walls — bluestone patios and firepits, granite steps and edging, walkways rebuilt in Newton and elsewhere, brick repointing and a porch top, cobblestone and Cambridge pavers, fences, sod and backyard grading, an asphalt driveway, and, on the company's own list, basement underpinning, excavation and foundation work. In February 2025 a customer had the team repair another contractor's work and walk them through the waterproofing. Two practical notes. A June customer's advice: move outdoor furniture and plants well clear, because the sand on a patio job throws a lot of dust. And several older accounts on this profile name Alvernaz Masonry and Landscape rather than Ferreira & Son, so confirm which company name goes on the contract alongside registration 215497. For a retaining wall, a bluestone or granite patio, steps, or a walkway rebuild around Cambridge and Newton, this is a strong call. Ask for the material options priced out — the customers who got three of them were the happiest.