M&M Waterproofing & Masonry LLC

Homeowners who hire M&M Waterproofing & Masonry keep describing the same thing: an owner named Melvin who shows up when he said he would, prices the repair rather than the replacement, and finishes the old brick and stone work other masons walked away from. The clearest example is from a June 2024 review, where a homeowner had been told two cracked firebox bricks meant the whole chimney box had to be replaced. She had met three companies and felt she was being taken advantage of each time; Melvin, she wrote, "did not use scare tactics" and replaced the two bricks without anything collapsing. Another homeowner in June 2024 wanted brick stairs demolished and rebuilt, and was told they could be repaired for less than half that cost — the crew arrived at 8am every morning through a stretch of upper-90s heat and finished in the week promised. The work itself is masonry and water: repointing an 1860 brick house and a disintegrating garage in a July 2025 job billed at $9,000; granite stairs a September 2025 customer called "gorgeous" at $8,370; a stainless chimney cap plus waterproofing the chimney above the roofline in August 2024; concrete stairs, floors and a repointed stone foundation in February 2024; chimney flashing sealed in February 2024 at $1,600. Prices in the reviews run from $950 to $9,000, and the volume backs it up — 5.0 averages on HomeAdvisor and Angi and 5.0 from four on Thumbtack, with a written record running 2024 to 2026. Two things are worth raising on the call. A September 2024 customer in Cambridge described an unexpected overage on brick steps once unseen damage was uncovered — he praised Melvin for being upfront about it, but old masonry hides its problems, so ask how change orders get priced before work starts. And the reviews describe work well outside masonry — a February 2025 customer had Melvin help move apartments and re-mount a TV, and a March 2025 customer had a single-car garage roof stripped and replaced — so confirm the specific job you need is one he takes on. This is the right call for an older Massachusetts house needing repointing, chimney work, stone or concrete steps, or a wet basement wall, especially where a repair is preferable to a rebuild. Confirm the licence and registration numbers with the state, and get the scope for hidden damage in writing.