Tuckpointing disappointment. The absolute worst experience in every imaginable way. Do not…read morerecommend hiring this company for anything. Every single promise was broken, my family was put through too much of unnecessary drama filled with countless excuses and tremendous amounts of stress from start to finish due to lack of basic job site oversight, utter negligence, disregard for safety, and simply horrible communication throughout the project. The job was supposed to be completed in under a month starting in late September 2020 (pending favorable weather conditions), we're going on our full YEAR now in September of 2021, so this project has been out of control. They were hired to restore and repair the damaged brick around 2 of the basement windows and perform full house tuckpointing on an older historic house built in 1930's. About a week after the work started, the original crew was switched with a promise of a "better one" and then the problems began escalating fast. The very first day, the new (second) crew left a forty foot ladder unsecured and abandoned the job site in the middle of the day, the ladder came crashing down and tore off the downspout, thankfully not hurting anyone but causing a lot of anxiety to my family and neighbors that have kids running around and cars parked nearby. The downspout remained collapsed in my front yard and not fixed through fall, winter, spring and summer months causing the rain water pour down free from the roof on the walls. Next, they set up the scaffolding on the front of my house and again disappeared for days on end without any communication or coherent explanations and then days turned into weeks of this abandoned scaffolding with loose boards sometimes flying off during the storms and threatening our picture-windows. When the workers eventually came back to continue the work, the quality was so poor (many blade scuffs on brick faces of the front wall, mortar color mismatch, irreparable damage to the ornamental limestones and front door frame) and the company owner was virtually absent - despite many promises to be at the site daily - unresponsive to my calls, I had no other choice but to seek the original subcontractors of the first crew myself, thankfully they were still in the area working on a friend's house. At that time, I was reassured that my house was going to take priority with everything fixed and finished in a linear fashion, crews switched back, and with no more delays (weather permitting). Well, this dragged on to winter time and the project had to stop until spring. When project resumed in March, the engagement was very spotty due to the intermittent weather but seemed to have been put "back on track" with my constant calling and texting to ensure that a schedule of work is communicated and delivered as promised. Then, everything just halted and again the crew disappeared for over 4 months, showing up only to unload materials for the remaining work and barely resuming on what's left of the house at the end of June. We were told numerous stories about what is happening basically holding us hostage at our own house with scattered debris, hanging cable lines and sand piles in the middle of our driveway while they were apparently doing other jobs. Unacceptable conduct. It took me literally hundreds of texts with "what's going on" and "any updates" (most of which went unanswered) to get to the bottom of the issue that seemed to have been stemming from some broken deals between the subcontractors and the owner, and money owed from the other aggressive underbids being paid for by the false promises of future work. According to the subcontractor, it was some kind of pyramid scheme. The owner, of course, offered his side of the story, but, in the end, the project remained on hold until another (third) crew was brought to complete the project in late August. The third crew was somewhat more diligent and mostly on time but not highly skilled as became evident by the sloppy overbrushed mortar on bricks, another chipped glass block window in the basement and, to add insult to injury, complete mortar color mismatch on the last wall and touchups. These so called "touchups" look like someone vomited on our walls and then attempted to spread it around. By the way, I have agreed to pay higher than the originally asked price for the job to get it finished, the owner wouldn't even handle this part, instead I had to pay the subcontractors directly (first and second crews only, we didn't pay extra for the third crew). In any case, I was promised that the additional projected cost would come off as a discount for my next project (driveway, front porch); however, this discount never actually materialized on paper, and, needless to say, we won't be doing any more future business with this company. This project was a colossal failure in every aspect: bad quality of work, non existent time management, awful communication and way over budget.

STAY AWAY!!!!!! BEWARE!!!!!! DONT DO BUSINESS!!!! Quincy…read moreSizemore will steal your money and stop communicating. Do not trust him with any money. I have posted a picture below of my credit statement where Quincy stole over $10,000 on my credit card and is no where to be found. He used his company square account and charge my card $5,300 and used my credit card without my permission for personal purchases. I have made my bank aware these fraudulent transactions. I also will be filling a police report. Please don't be a victim.

DO NOT USE!!! VERY DISHONEST BUSINESS PRACTICE..... I…read morerequested in writing with several photos included for a quote for repairing a chimney cap and was helped immediately by an exceptional scheduler who informed me that they also do stucco repair and would I like a quote for that as well. I readily agreed since at this point everyone I contacted for the stucco did not do chimney cap repair as well. "One stop shopping" was very appealing. Mad Masonry send a crew out and forwarded me a quote. The quote was very detailed and broke out the Stucco repair separate from the chimney cap repair. The stucco repair came in at almost 5X of any other quote I received !!!! I emailed them back and said I'd like to go forward with just the chimney cap repair not the stucco. At this point, I received a phone call from the owner, Peter Ungaro, who informed me that it would now be extra to do just the chimney cap repair... I questioned him on this explaining that he was 5X any other Stucco repair and he said well it was a courtesy that he added the chimney cap repair number and they were really interested in the Stucco repair. This is patently FALSE and BAIT AND SWITCH since the initial request was for chimney cap ALONE. The owner, Peter, now claimed that he would have to put scaffolding up in order to repair the chimney. The initial request included photos so he was very very very aware that scaffolding would be necessary. It is not my fault that he is so far off the mark in terms of price to repair stucco that it would be absurd to use him for that piece of the job. He "generously" offered to send me a new quote for chimney cap repair with scaffolding. BEWARE: THIS COMPANY LIES BEFORE THEY EVEN HAVE THE JOB. I cannot imagine how difficult it would be to get them to stand behind their work when THEY DONT HONOR THEIR WRITTEN QUOTE!!! IF it were possible to give them ZERO STARS I would very readily. What is the point in providing a written quote if the BUSINESS OWNER refuses to stand by it. AVOID as it will cost you ....

Benchmark General Contracting used Mad Masonry as a sub for a 250K, 17 story, 198 unit high rise…read moreproject. The scope of work was to re-caulk over 400 windows, paint the entire structure and repair any concrete according to the engineer's report. They did a great job and finished on time. Clearly we would work with them again on another project.

Christopher's company replaced the cracked sidewalk next to our house, pitching it away and into…read moregarden bed. He and his coworker worked very hard to get it right and on time.

Chris and his team did a fantastic job with our patio area. We had mulch everywhere with bad…read moredrainage and a failed area with turf. We wanted a cleaner look with pavers and rocks. Chris worked day and night to meet our timeline and cut no corners in his work. He very was communicative, offered his advice where it was warranted, and was very competitive on price. I got to know Chris a bit during this time and he has a ton of experience and is just now building up his online presence. Don't be scared away by the limited reviews on yelp. 5 stars for Chris!!

Reach out to State of Illinois Attorney General Office for open complaint. Also City of Chicago for…read morecomplaints filed. Failing foundation due to unskilled unlicensed workers.

Jakub and is workers were extremely professional and worked quickly and efficiently. Their work…read morelooks amazing and matches our brick and mortar perfectly. Jakub provided an affordable solution to masonry repairs on our garage. Highly recommended getting a quote from them if you need masonry work.

Great value and service done. Very courteous and…read moreprofessional crew. Clean and flexible. Timely.

We hired this company last spring to remove several bushes and trees, plant new arborvitae and…read moreevergreen trees, and refresh the mulch in our yard. I want to start by saying the crew clearly worked hard--this was a big job that took about five days, and we appreciated the effort they put in. Unfortunately, the quality of the work did not match the time and effort. Three of the large evergreen trees were planted noticeably crooked, and the arborvitae were not planted deep enough. As a result, eight of them died within a relatively short time. When I contacted the company to address the issue, they initially agreed to replace the dead arborvitae. However, after that, communication stopped. They never followed through, did not show up as promised, and ultimately stopped responding to texts altogether. It's disappointing because we invested a significant amount in this project and expected both proper installation and basic follow-up service. While the crew was hardworking, the end result and lack of accountability make it difficult to recommend this company.

I hired Joseph to install a new driveway. First he came out for a free estimate which was…read morecomparable to other quotes I received. He and his wife were easy to communicate with and very friendly. This was the first work they would do in my city so they had to apply for a constructor's license. They completed the project in 3 days - Day 1: remove old concrete, lay dirt, gravel and rebar; Day 2: had to wait for inspector to approve; Day 3: lay cement. They came back a few days later to remove wood brackets and fill in side with soil. A very professional job all around. Would definitely recommend.