Stefano Torcasio Masonry LLC

Twenty-one written accounts stretch back to 2015, and all twenty-one are five stars. Stefano Torcasio Masonry works out of Waltham and handles the stone side of a house — retaining walls, walkways, patios, steps, chimneys — with Stefano pricing the job himself and his crew doing the work. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #192535, is active; the company's site claims 25 years at the trade, while Angi and HomeAdvisor list 21. The estimate is where many of these accounts start. A November 2025 homeowner in Arlington replacing a front walkway said he responded quickly, started well inside the time he had estimated and finished on time. An October 2025 client whose stone retaining wall was smashed by a branch off a neighbour's tree said his was the most reasonably priced of the three quotes they collected. A July 2024 reviewer called him the most reasonable of all the bids they got and clear about the construction process, and a November 2023 client had an estimate the next day. The work itself is stone and it is varied. A December 2023 reviewer described a retaining wall built along a 75-foot driveway, with the crew showing up early and finishing on time. In a 2023 account, a homeowner had the base of the chimney on their 1935 house rebuilt after rain leaked into a basement fireplace and left them bailing the hearth. A 2021 client had a front porch, steps and walkway replaced, and noted the work area was cleaned up every night. Older accounts show the harder end of the trade. In a 2021 Angi review, a customer described him rebuilding the stone block outer walls of a free-standing underground garage, working the solution out with a structural engineer and keeping them posted on next steps. Two 2015 HomeAdvisor reviewers described a Back Bay patio built to a designer's complicated mix of stones and bricks, and a foundation and basement turned water-proof and draft-free. In 2021, boulders a previous owner had left in a front yard were looked at the day of the call and gone the next. One thing to know before you call: the company's own website is largely generic template copy, down to a stray roofing line left at the footer, so it is not a reliable description of what they do. Ask Stefano directly what the job includes. For a wall, a walkway, a patio, or a chimney base that needs rebuilding rather than patching, this is a mason whose customers have said the same things for a decade — quick to quote, fair against other bids, finished when promised. Get the estimate in writing, and settle up front what happens if the work uncovers more than the quote assumed.