JE Masonry & Landscaping inc.

Hire JE Masonry for a walkway and you may end up handing them the whole yard. The through-line across nine years of customer accounts is scope creep in the good sense — stonework that starts as one wall or one patio and turns into plantings, drainage, sod and steps, with the same crew staying to finish it. The company works out of Lawrence and, by the directory record, is run by owner Agustin Ramos, whose name is what customers keep using instead of the company's. Its own site lists chimneys and fireplaces, steps and stairs, stone and retaining walls, walkways and patios, backyard outdoor kitchens, and landscape design and maintenance, with a stated service area covering Lawrence, Andover, North Andover, Boxford, Georgetown and Haverhill. The reputation is unusually consistent. Google holds a 5.0 average across 16 ratings, and the recurring subjects are stone and retaining wall rebuilds, paver patios and walkways, repointing, concrete flatwork, and whole-property jobs that fold in irrigation, drywells and plantings. Reviewers describe estimates that held, schedules that were kept, and job sites left clean. Angi and HomeAdvisor each show 4.9 — 96% of ratings at five stars, with a single three-star in the distribution. One thing to weigh: those two directory scores are the same 23 reviews mirrored on both sites, not two independent bodies of opinion, and that written record is dated — it clusters in 2017 through 2020, while the Google accounts run to 2025. The directories also describe a much narrower business than the company's own site does, listing brick and stone repair, spring cleanup and shrub trimming, with no mention of chimneys or outdoor kitchens. For stone and paver work in the Merrimack Valley, this is a well-corroborated choice with a long, quiet, positive history. Before booking, ask for references from the last season rather than the older ones, confirm the current crew still does whichever service you actually want — chimney and fireplace work is claimed on the site but not reflected in the reviews — and get scope and price in writing, which is what past customers say they got.