MJ Spero Company

M.J. Spero Company is a one-person mason contractor at 238 Lisle St in Braintree, owned by Michael J. Spero Jr. Its own site describes brick and stone work, steps, walkways, walls, patios, chimneys and fireplaces across Braintree, Quincy and Weymouth, and the Better Business Bureau lists the same trade work plus chimney repair, deck building and slate installation. How long it has been at this is unsettled by the company's own materials. The About Us page says it has served the South Shore since 1991, the home page says "Since 1996", and a timeline elsewhere on the site starts at 1985. The BBB records the business as started on 1 January 1996. The most consequential thing on file is the BBB profile itself. The company is not BBB accredited and carries a BBB rating of F, and the reason BBB gives for that grade is a failure to have a required competency license. The same page says the business has one alert. That is the question to settle before hiring: ask for the current Massachusetts registration and licence numbers that apply to the work you want done, look them up yourself with the state, and ask what the BBB alert refers to. In a mid-2025 Reddit thread, a Weymouth-area homeowner replacing a front walkway and steps listed M.J. Spero as one of the firms they were collecting quotes from — an indication that the company is in local circulation for that kind of job, not a report on how the work turned out. This is a small, owner-run masonry outfit whose public record right now is mostly its own description of itself plus an unfavourable BBB grade. If you are considering it for steps, a walkway or a chimney, get the licensing confirmed first, then ask to see recent local jobs of the same type and to speak with those homeowners.