Fitzgerald Restoration Services Inc

Brick that needs repointing, a slate roof that leaks, a facade whose angle irons have rusted through — that is the work Fitzgerald Restoration takes on. The Walpole company is a masonry and building-restoration contractor rather than a remodeler, working on existing residential and commercial buildings around Greater Boston: masonry, concrete and parking-garage restoration, waterproofing, historic restoration, foundation repair and roofing. Owner Derrick Fitzgerald, who the company's site says was born in Ireland and grew up in his family's construction business, runs it. Its BBB profile puts the business start at 2003 and incorporation in 2008, lists eleven employees, and grades it A+ without accrediting it. The newest reviews come from people who hire trades for a living. One reviewer, describing himself as a licensed construction supervisor of forty years, puts Fitzgerald at the top of his call list for everything from small repairs to multi-million-dollar projects. Another had a slate roof replaced and reports the roof watertight afterward. A third frames the range simply: masonry through roofing. The older written history runs deep on foundations and mortar. In a 2011 review a homeowner described the crew repointing an entire foundation in two days once the rain broke, and straightening a wall that had bulged where the mortar fell out. In a 2016 review another described a small repair job with a fair quote, steady scheduling updates, and work done exactly to specification. Two things to settle before calling. Price is the recurring caveat: in a February 2026 Reddit thread a homeowner who used them for a partial repoint called them expensive and not the cheapest quote, while crediting them for matching the mortar to the surrounding brick and swapping in matching bricks. On licensing, BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts construction supervisor licence in Derrick Fitzgerald's own name rather than the company's, so ask for the company's registration and insurance certificates in writing. The right call for repointing, facade repair and slate-roof restoration on an older building. Their permit history reaches Boston and Brookline multi-families as much as single houses, so say plainly how big your job is and pin the price down early.