Next Level Concrete & Masonry

Sixty-two Google reviews since 2023, every one of them five stars, and the same first name running through most of them: Esvin. Next Level Concrete & Masonry is a small North Shore concrete and masonry crew whose owner quotes the job, shows up with the men, and by most customers' accounts is still there when it gets poured. The work is flatwork and stonework. This year homeowners hired them for a patio and walkway, a retaining wall and paved walkway into a pool area, natural flagstone, new back stairs, and a walkway with recapped stone stairs and repointed stone. Slabs are a steady thread: a 2025 customer described a 30-year-old garage floor replaced over two days and finished smooth; another that spring had an asphalt garage floor converted to concrete; in late 2024 the crew poured a basement slab in an old brownstone with no direct street access. Chimney work shows up twice - a March 2026 repointing where Esvin and his brother Jose spent two days grinding, cutting in new brick and acid-washing the finish, and a 2024 repoint of another homeowner's chimney. Speed is the through-line. "One day did all the prep work and the second day was poured," a June 2026 customer wrote; a 2024 homeowner described a same-day visit to price the job and a one-day pour a week later; a 2025 reviewer said Esvin came the very next day to complete the work. Early starts, long days, and a swept site at the end of each one recur across the years. Pricing reads mid-market rather than cheap. A homeowner who collected several chimney estimates in March 2026 put Next Level "right in the middle" of them; a 2025 customer replacing a large section of driveway called the price reasonable next to the other estimates he had. The thing worth pinning down is added scope. That same 2025 customer described Esvin coming back for a final check and proposing a second section of driveway at a price good enough to accept on the spot; a 2024 homeowner changed the scope on the morning the crew started and had the extra items done and priced there and then. Both were happy with how it went. Both were also priced in conversation, so get any addition written down before the crew starts on it. They are the call for a driveway, patio, walkway, garage or basement slab, steps, or a chimney that needs repointing. Three years of specific, finished projects sit behind that, and Google shows a five-star average across 64 ratings. It all sits on one platform, though, so ask for two or three recent local references and confirm registration and insurance with the company before booking.