Stein Construction & Landscape INC

Stein Construction & Landscape, run by husband-and-wife team Gil (Guilherme) and Juliana Stein out of Braintree, has built its reputation one hardscape project at a time — retaining walls, patios, walkways, stone veneer, driveways, fire pits — and the recommendations pile up from an unusual source: other contractors. One real estate investor who works with many general contractors called Gil and Juliana "among the very best in the business," and a company that has watched Stein complete several projects for its own clients described the results as consistently outstanding. The Steins hold both required Massachusetts licenses — a home improvement contractor registration and a construction supervisor license — both verified active, and the company carries a BBB A+ grade. The written record runs to 101 reviews from 2019 through today, spanning Milton, Randolph, and the greater Boston area, and the throughline across nearly all of them is the same: Gil shows up personally, listens to what a homeowner actually wants, and the crew finishes on the timeline they promised. Reviewers describe him walking a driveway-paving and stone-veneer job through material tradeoffs before quoting it, tackling a 2024 drainage problem that had been undermining a Randolph property, and rebuilding a front and back patio in a single day. Several customers came back for a second project — one hired Stein to rebuild a bowing basement wall, then called Gil again years later to rebuild the opposite wall for a planned deck. Beyond pure hardscape and masonry, the company also takes on broader renovation work: one reviewer, a real estate investor, had Stein renovate a kitchen and install new flooring alongside exterior work. Its own site describes the business as offering general contracting, masonry, stone veneer, hardscaping, retaining walls, and landscape construction across Massachusetts. There's nothing negative in the written record to weigh against all of this — the fourteen reviews posted in the last six months are as uniformly positive as the rest. Stein is a strong call for a hardscape, masonry, or drainage project of real scope — get a written quote and timeline up front, and lean on the multiple repeat customers as a sign of what a longer relationship with them looks like.