M C Souza & Son

M C Souza & Son is a long-running sand, gravel, and stone supply operation based in Swansea, Massachusetts, with a Bristol County address on file since at least 1933 per BBB's 93-year tenure record. It is not a masonry installation contractor -- directory listings and BBB categorize it as a gravel wholesaler, hardware store, and lawn-maintenance supplier, and its own trucking registration reflects a bulk-materials delivery business rather than an on-site labor trade. The written record, though thin, is consistent with that picture. In a 2024 review, a customer described ordering 3/4-inch bluestone at $20-25 less per ton than competitors, with delivery to the driveway within 45 minutes of ordering. A shorter review called the business fair-priced and fast. A separate 2024 review, however, describes a serious incident involving one of the business's delivery trucks: while dropping off sand for a neighbor's septic system installation, the truck reportedly pulled away from the property with its dump bed still raised, tearing down the reviewer's utility wires and cutting off their power, cable, and phone service. Anyone considering this business should understand it as a materials supplier and hauler, not a mason -- it appears in a masonry search primarily because sand, gravel, and stone are inputs to masonry and landscaping work, not because it installs or builds anything itself.