Raffaele Construction Corp

Raffaele Construction Corp is a family-owned masonry shop in Swampscott built around old-world, hand-cut stonework — chimneys, stonewalls, walkways, driveways, fireplaces, and outdoor kitchens. The company says it was founded in 1985 and is now run by Gerardo, who inherited it from his father. The written record is thin but consistent. In a late-2025 Google review, a customer called the hardscape work "meticulous," with results the reviewer said stood out from other jobs they'd seen. A second reviewer that same fall was shorter but similarly satisfied. On Nextdoor in mid-2025, a Salem-area neighbor described the crew running a new waterline at a family member's home, insured and working from a signed contract with everything "fully agreed on," and said they'd recommend the company. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is active. One thing worth asking about directly: in 2014, the Boston Globe reported that State Police seized records tied to Raffaele Construction as part of a raid connected to a town spending investigation. Nothing available describes how that resolved, and there's no more recent regulatory issue on file, so it reads as an old, isolated episode rather than a pattern — but it's fair to raise before signing anything. A good fit for hand-cut stonework — walls, walkways, chimneys, fireplace surrounds — on the North Shore. Ask about the 2014 matter and get contract terms in writing, the way the Nextdoor reviewer described.