Gade Masonry & Landscaping, Inc.

Start with the one thing here that isn't self-reported: Gade Masonry & Landscaping's Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #190732, is active in the company's own name at the state registry. For a Cape Cod outfit with almost no public comment, that is the firmest fact on the page. The work is masonry-first. Retaining walls with engineered drainage, paver patios, brick and natural-stone veneer, steps, and pool coping and deck pavers, with landscape installation, garden design and lawn maintenance running alongside. It works out of 15 Jan Sebastian Dr in Sandwich and lists coverage across the Cape — Hyannis, Mashpee, Barnstable, Falmouth, Yarmouth, Dennis, Harwich, Orleans and Chatham among them. On Procore, where it has been a claimed business since August 2022, five projects are logged, which points at commercial and builder work as well as homeowner jobs. What's missing is customers talking. Angi, HomeAdvisor and Houzz each carry a profile and each carries zero reviews, so there is nothing public about how the finished jobs landed with the people who paid for them. The nearest thing is an October 2024 LinkedIn post from Cape Cod & the Islands Magazine trailing a visit to "a beautiful home by Gade Masonry & Landscaping Inc" — flattering, but a magazine's teaser, not a customer's verdict. The company's own account is that founder Rafael Ribeiro started it, that it is family-owned and now second-generation, and that it has more than 13 years on the Cape. Pin the tenure down when you call: Angi and HomeAdvisor both list 7 years of experience, the Houzz blurb claims thirty-seven, and the company's home page says 17 while its About page says more than 13. The BBB A+ accreditation is likewise the company's own statement here. A reasonable shortlist candidate for structural stonework — walls, patios, pool surrounds — where the active state registration and the commercial project history carry weight. Ask for addresses of recent Cape jobs and for references you can call, because no rating here would be honest on zero reviews.