Stately Masonry & Construction

Stately Masonry & Construction, on Arlington Street in Boston's Back Bay, holds an active Massachusetts home improvement contractor license (216295) and has picked up 88 Google ratings without a single star below five. The last six months tell a consistent story about what people actually call them for: chimney and brick work. Reviewers this year describe a structural chimney rebuild finished ahead of schedule, a historic brick facade repointed with mortar matched to the original, and crumbling front steps rebuilt with granite treads and brick risers that one customer says now 'feels solid as a rock.' A run of foundation jobs shows up too — cracked basement walls reinforced and sealed, described as handled 'professionally' and 'reassuring throughout.' Roofing is the other thread running through the spring: new roof installs and repairs turn up in review after review between April and May, described as finished quickly, cleaned up afterward, and inspected thoroughly before any shingle got replaced. Add in the stonework — patios, retaining walls, garden walls, stone walkways — and the range of jobs is wide, but every one of the 46 reviews posted in the last six months lands at five stars, with none negative. One thing worth knowing: buried in that same review list is a five-star write-up that has nothing to do with masonry — it describes a guided art tour in Florence. It says nothing bad about the company's actual work, but it's a reminder that a perfect star average can include a review or two that isn't really about the job. For a Boston homeowner dealing with a crumbling chimney, a cracked foundation wall, or a roof that needs redoing, the volume and consistency of this year's five-star reviews make a solid case — just confirm which crew, masonry or roofing, is assigned to your job, since the reviews show them running both.