O'Hara & Company, Ltd.

O'Hara & Company is an Ashland outdoor-construction shop that's been building hardscaping and masonry projects since 1986, when founder Nick O'Hara — who moved to Massachusetts in 1980 — started the company. What it does today, per its own site, is architectural hardscaping, stonework, masonry, pools and fireplaces: patios, retaining walls, fire pits, water features, and outdoor kitchens, the kind of backyard-transformation work Houzz and BuildZoom both list it for. There isn't much written about them yet, but what's there points the same direction as everything else: a 2026 Google review recalls a pool O'Hara built for the reviewer's parents "almost 40 years ago," calling Nick's work strong and saying it's held up. Google shows a 5-star average from three ratings overall, and BuildZoom's permit data backs three sample projects with a score of 91. The company's current Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is active. Worth knowing before calling: only one written review is on file, so there isn't a deep public trail here the way there might be for a larger outfit — the strongest signal is the decades of continuity itself. For anyone in the Ashland area looking at a hardscape, masonry, or pool-surround project, O'Hara & Company's forty years in business and its active license make the case for a call — worth asking directly for references or photos of recent work, since there isn't much posted about them online yet.