Tigran Yesayan

One hundred seventeen permits, and one job keeps repeating: cut out the failed mortar joints, repoint the brick, seal the facade. Tigran Yesayan works out of 100 Hano St in Allston, and the Better Business Bureau lists that same address and phone under Boston Masonry, Inc. — a mason contractor it says began in 2004, runs five employees, and has Yesayan as president. Its BBB grade is A+, without BBB accreditation. The permit history is where the substance sits. Across Boston, Brookline, South Boston, Roxbury and Dorchester: brick facades cut and repointed, a corner chimney rebuilt, a failing brick foundation wall sistered with concrete. Running alongside the masonry is steady multi-family renovation work — kitchens and bathrooms redone in three-family houses and six-unit buildings — sixteen permitted projects in the last three years, with a typical permit valued around $58,000. What's absent is the customer's voice. Neither the BBB profile nor the BuildZoom page carries a single review, so nothing here tells you what it's like to have this crew working on your building — which is why the rating is left open rather than guessed at. BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts construction supervisor licence (#105330) and a home improvement contractor registration (#184601) for him, but marks both unverified and then contradicts itself on the same page about whether they're active. Confirm those numbers yourself with the Department of Public Safety and the Office of Consumer Affairs before you sign anything. If the job is brickwork — a spalling facade, a chimney, joints that need repointing — this is a shop doing exactly that work, repeatedly, around Greater Boston. Ask for recent addresses you can go look at, and get the licences confirmed at the source.