Stone Care Paving and Masonry

Stone Care Paving and Masonry is a Framingham, Massachusetts contractor working out of 119 Leland St, holding an A rating from the Better Business Bureau (not accredited) and rated highly across three lead-generation platforms — 4.8 stars on both HomeAdvisor and Angi and 4.7 on Thumbtack. Reviews from 2023 and 2024 describe substantial masonry and hardscape work: rebuilding sagging stairs and a wooden boundary fence, relaying front steps and a walkway, repairing a block retaining wall alongside a paver patio and walkway, and matching original mortar color on a brick repointing job. Chimney work recurs often — annual creosote cleanings, replacing the top courses of a chimney, and installing chimney caps. A July 2024 Thumbtack review also credited the crew with brick-and-block work plus a kitchen remodel, calling their stonemasonry skills top-notch. One reviewer in July 2024 described getting a quote within an hour and same-day service after years of putting off a front-steps project; another from January 2024 credited the crew with a next-day estimate and a two-day turnaround on a full front-steps and walkway rebuild. Most reviews name an owner called Patrick (or Pat) Rooney, though a couple of 2024 Thumbtack reviews instead credit the work to someone named Thomas, describing him as trustworthy and the person who worked directly at their homes — likely another member of the same family operation, though the record doesn't say so explicitly. The one significant complaint on file, a March 2024 review, describes a worker smoking inside the customer's basement, permits promised but never pulled, and work an inspector later found done incorrectly, with framing placed over foundation cracks the customer had paid to have repaired. The business's own reply to that review flatly denies performing any work for that customer at all — a direct conflict the written record does not resolve. Overall, the volume and consistency of specific, detailed positive accounts across four separate platforms point to a genuinely busy, responsive masonry and chimney contractor with strong customer service — quick callbacks, itemized quotes, and same-week turnarounds recur throughout. That track record sits alongside one serious, unresolved dispute, which anyone hiring should ask about directly, along with getting permitting and scope details in writing before work begins.