Over all they did a good job. I would have given them 5 stars but for the fact that we had to…read morecontact him twice to come up with a start date. Once they were here, we planned out what they were going to do and they did everything within 2 days.

Needed a tree from our city front yard removed which can be trickey in the South End of Boston. Did…read morethe job as promised for a good price. Thank you.

Working with Masonworks has been a roller coaster. They are very, very good at the masonry aspect,…read morebut we had a negative experience with everything outside of the excellent stone walls and patio they built for us. They have built beautiful flat stone walls for us in our front and back yards. We were very impressed with them after the first job they did for us in our front yard a few years ago, so we did not even look at other companies when we wanted to spruce up our backyard this year. The garden walls they built in the backyard were once again beautiful. However, as a gardener, I was disappointed and frustrated by the following things: - Our contract included 50/50 loam compost for the new garden beds. During the job, we caught them filling the beds with the grass they had pulled up from our old lawn and asked them to stop doing that. - When I went to start planting, I found that the garden beds had only a layer of new soil but that my shovel quickly hit a lot of big rocks and uncovered old soil, debris, and trash. - They completely trampled and destroyed my established perennial garden, which was located in a garden bed above where the new beds were built. They also broke several pavers in a little garden path I had and removed them without replacing them. - They recommended microclover for my lawn and seeded it for us as part of the contract, but it grew in quite spotty despite us maintaining it properly with daily waterings. I contacted them about the first issue and their initial response was to tell me that the stones I was finding were part of the wall construction - this was not the case. They had someone come out to take a look and concluded that the soil did need to be replaced, which they finally did. It is much better now, though I still have found some large stones in it. However, in the process of solving that issue, they caused the second one - many of the perennials that my mother and I had worked to plant over the past four years were totally destroyed. They offered me a credit to compensate for the loss, or the option to have them reinstall new flowers, but by that point I just didn't want them near my garden anymore so accepted the credit. I didn't bother contacting them about the spotty lawn - I threw down some grass seeds yesterday to try and fill in the gaps. While I appreciated that they did eventually take steps to resolve the issues, I found it quite frustrating to have to keep reaching out just to get them to do what they really should have done in the first place. They never did a final walkthrough as I've seen other contractors do. No apology for destroying my garden. They have a Benjamin Franklin quote, "The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten" - I definitely felt some of that bitterness throughout this process. My conclusion is that they are really excellent masons but do not understand or respect gardens. If you hire them, be prepared to have to deal with that.

Fantastic experience with Junior and Bruno at Masonworks. On time, on budget and great outcome!…read more Highly recommend.

Called, said to text my address and said would stop by later in the day, NEVER did and NEVER calledread more

I interviewed a few masonry companies for repairing spalling brick in my basement. Some wanted to…read moreparge the walls, which was not what I wanted. Some quoted me fairly high prices for the repair, but Martin Forde offered me the best, and most reasonable cost for the job. During our interview Martin struck me as a competent, and fair mason and he is responsive by email, which are valuable traits in a contractor. We scheduled the job, and he and his team showed up right on time. The first thing I learned is that Forde masonry may not have a full time staff. Martin definitely came out to my job periodically to deliver materials, but the masons who did the work were actually two latinos who seemed to be day laborers. They were competent, and very polite as I asked questions in my broken Spanish, but that makes accountability a little more difficult. That became a problem when I was in the basement with another contractor, and I saw one of the mason repairing a hole that was two withes thick. He was just repairing the outward face that I could see, but leaving a whole in the second layer. I asked him about it, so he dropped some mortar into the hole, a few bricks, and kept on with his repair. Yes, it visually looks fine and I would not have noticed if I were not watching as the hole was getting closed up, but that is not what I expect when I hire a professional mason to repair my walls. My job is done though, and I hopefully will not need masonry help for a while. Most of the issues I had are easily fixed with a little more attention to detail, and oversight, so I would encourage others to give Martin a chance if you need masonry help.

Dave and his team are professional and do a great job…read more very prompt and great with communication. We will be working with him again in the future

Good price, quick response, good communication. Got job done quickly and on schedule. Front yard…read moreall cleaned up!

I had a wonderful experience with Stefano's. They planned and installed a new patio, fencing and…read morelandscaping throughtout my yard. Jesse Shrewsbury came up with a very nice plan for my project and made great suggestions as we went along. I was very pleased that I got to personally select the shrubs along with Jesse at the nursery. Additonally, I'm sure they would have made the right selections for me if I didn't want that level of participation. Jesse was on-sight everyday and communicated with the team throughout the day to make sure no detail went unchecked. The team was truly a pleasure to work with. Everything was as promised, done in the timeframe that was stated, and surpassed my expectations.

I started with Stefanos in the summer of 2023 to revamp my entire landscaping. Pat was awesome…read morewith giving ideas and following up through the entire job. As we approached completion I was very excited to have such a professional landscaping company to work with going forward for the 2024 season. The contract was very specific and I new what to expect throughout the season. What I didn't expect was each time the lawn was mowed the landscapers were did not spend more than 15 minutes on the property. I was told because of my location, 20 minutes from there office, transportation was deducted from time spent on the property. This meant after the mowing, the clean up was barely done. All the debris blown into the street and was not cleaned up. To be honest, I was embarrassed at what not only I had to look at and my neighbors as well. I made several calls to Jenn the property manager for our location and a million excuses were made. The last straw was the fall clean up. At the last lawn cut, all the leaves were blown under the shrubs and trees on the property. I spoke with the landscape manager on site and was told this is how they handle fall clean up and another crew would be coming in about a month. I stated this was totally unacceptable and I wanted it cleaned immediately. Needless to say, I was not happy and again I spoke with Jenn who was less than helpful. I requested Jenn to come down in March 2025 to go over what my expectations would be going forward and this request was denied as she stated oh we don't do that. In closing, very dissatisfied with Stefanos Landscaping and unfortunately what started out as an awesome experience has ended in one dissatisfied customer.

Excellent work and great communication. Hector offered a very fair price. Would 100% recommend.read more

We are now into a full season with Luxury Landscaping. This year they did mowing/Spring Clean-Up…read moreand mulching for us. They did a fantastic job with the spring cleaning and mulching - our yard looked fantastic! They were also timely on mowing throughout the summer. We never had to call .. they were like clockwork. We had some flooding problems over the summer and they are in process of installing a French drain- they are doing a great job- will share photos.

They did an amazing job. Had a yard cleanup. They took great care of my wife's garden, making sure…read moreto only remove the weeds and not damage the flowers. I would highly recommend!

Miguel has a great eye for design, is a wonderful person, and him and his team do fabulous…read morework...strongly recommended them!

Edgar and sons took 3 trees from our yard Monday this week and I must say I am totally impressed!…read moreAll three guys showed up at 7am and worked hard til 4pm taking 3 huge 80-100 foot trees. Due to the lack of daylight, they had to come back Tuesday to finish, grinding the stumps and cleaning up. They worked very well together and efficiently. The price was great for all they did! I would highly recommend them and will use them again in the future!

I reached out to this company because of the excellent Yelp reviews. They wasted a week of my time…read moreafter messaging that they could help me and never responded after I provided my email.