Lazaro Paving Corporation

Lazaro Paving is a three-generation family business in Shirley that says it's been paving driveways since 1963, when Bernard J. Lazaro started out serving the western Boston suburbs; it's now a MassDOT-prequalified contractor doing residential driveways alongside commercial, municipal and state roadway and parking-lot work. BBB has accredited the company since 1998 with an A+ grade, and lists a Massachusetts Department of Public Safety license (HE-131684) for the company, expiring in September 2027. The written record is substantial — 22 reviews since 2021 — and it splits sharply. On the strong side, several detailed accounts describe careful, precise work: one reviewer whose landscaping was seven years established said the crew removed and replaced the driveway without disturbing anything around it and left the site clean; another had Lazaro add a drain to a chronically pooling gravel driveway and reported no water issues since, even through storms. Customers also point to detailed written proposals and proper base prep before paving. On the other side, a July 2026 review describes a 300-foot driveway with two parking areas that has been cracking for ten years, with a second contractor attributing it to improperly prepared base and corner-cutting; the reviewer said calls about it were brushed off as normal asphalt wear. A cluster of 2025 reviews describe unreturned calls and issues that were never actually fixed. And a separate, recurring theme runs through several 2021 to 2025 reviews — mostly written by neighbors and passersby rather than customers — describing job-site trucks blocking driveways and streets, crews yelling obscenities on site, and one account of a worker aggressively pointing a leaf blower at a passing car after being asked to stop blowing debris into the road. Notably, BBB's own profile for the company shows no customer reviews or complaints on file, a sharp contrast with the mixed record on Google. Given how far apart the accounts run, it's worth asking specifically about base preparation and any workmanship warranty on a driveway job, and — if a job is happening nearby — what to expect from the crew's on-site conduct.