Larson's Foundation Waterproofing LLC

Larson's Foundation Waterproofing is a Massachusetts crew built around one man's name — Paul Larson — and a specific promise: fix the actual water problem, not the biggest job someone else quoted. Across dozens of Google reviews the same story repeats — cracked foundations sealed, sump pumps installed, French drains dug — and, again and again, customers who say Paul talked them out of a costlier fix another company had pushed. The company has 89 reviews on file dating back to 2021, and Google currently shows it holding a 4.9-star average from 91 ratings. Four reviews have landed in the past six months, all positive — this month, a customer described crack repair and basement sealing done before a finish-out, calling Paul "professional, responsible, and extremely reliable." That shows up across the years too: in a 2024 review, a homeowner who'd been quoted a costly full interior French drain elsewhere said Paul spent more time assessing the problem and suggested a fix that was "significantly less invasive and costly"; a 2023 review described being told by another company that a crack needed a minimum $15,000 excavation, only for Paul to say the big dig wasn't necessary. Customers writing in 2024 and 2025 repeatedly mention the same follow-through afterward — he explained the work before starting and walked through it when done — and one 2024 review reported that after 2 inches of rain in less than a day, the basement stayed dry months after a pump went in. Two older reviews break from that. In a December 2021 review, a customer said they spent over $10,000 on French drains, downspout extensions and crack sealing and still had the same water problem, and said the company refused to honor the warranty or do follow-up work. A separate October 2022 review accused Paul of trying to charge $24,000 for a repair a retired engineer found unnecessary, and described him calling repeatedly afterward. Neither complaint recurs in the reviews since. For foundation cracks, sump pumps, French drains or a wet basement, the volume and consistency since point one way — but given those two older disputes, it's worth pinning down exactly what a quote covers and the warranty terms before signing.