Local Boston masonry and construction

Local Boston Masonry and Construction is a Cambridge mason contractor built around Terry, the owner, who shows up by name across most of the two dozen-plus reviews on file — rebuilding chimneys, repairing foundations, and taking on basement and stucco jobs since at least 2021. The written record is deep and specific. In a 2022 review, one homeowner described a tough basement job on a three-story semi-detached house with tight scaffolding access, done thoroughly with no complaints from the crew. Others describe chimney rebuilds done at a reasonable price and faster than a competing quote, foundation resealing paired with chimney repair backed by a ten-year warranty, and post-storm chimney repair plus a brick-to-granite front-steps upgrade. One customer, writing in 2022, said Terry and his father and brother worked a full weekend to get stone steps repaired on short notice. The through-line across these accounts is Terry himself: responsive same-day, quotes that hold, and work that gets finished on schedule. Two reviews on the same Google profile don't fit that pattern at all — one five-star and one one-star, both about air-duct and dryer-vent cleaning rather than masonry, and the negative one names a different company outright ("Nash and Air Duct Cleaning Service Inc"). They read like they were left for the wrong business, and the one-star complaint about a duct-cleaning bait-and-switch shouldn't be held against this company's actual masonry work. A few things are worth knowing before calling, though. The company's Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is on record as expired. Its BBB profile shows a B- grade with one complaint on file. And a federal OSHA inspection record shows the company was cited three times, with about $4,688 in proposed penalties — a real mark on the safety side of the business, separate from how the actual masonry work reads to homeowners. Worth a call for chimney and foundation work given how consistently Terry's own jobs are described, but confirm current licensing and ask about the OSHA record directly before signing anything.