New England Stonemasonry Inc

Description of Work: old fieldstone stone wall repair

Description of Work: Robert Young has done all the stone work on my property over the years and always does a beautiful job. His design sense is excellent.

Description of Work: Robert Young and his team re-paved our walkways and cleaned up our stonework. They did it quickly and accurately and professionally.

Description of Work: Walkways, and pation

Description of Work: Blue Stone Patio 514sf installation. Lattice fence placement around two AC units. Placement of 2 window wells.

Description of Work: This job required removing a 40-foot asphalt driveway and excavating 9 inches before installing a gravel base and concrete pavers in a decorative pattern. Excavation revealed house-related foundation issues that New England Masonry had to resolve before work could continue. All of this work was done with utmost care, diligence, and professionalism, and it easily passed Town of Brookline inspection. It also received plaudits from the Town building inspector for the quality of work performed. We hired New England Stone Masonry as a result of the excellent work done in 2000 to remove a 60-foot long concrete retaining wall and a brick staircase with buttresses at two levels. These were replaced with a segmental retaining wall and a much improved redesign of the staircase, done with concrete pavers as risers, bluestone steps, and three decorative bluestone landings. An unanticipated add-on to the job before reconstruction was the removal of a tree and excavation to allow for installation of a new water pipe and connection to the water gate in the street. Robert Young provided outstanding design advice, an aestethic eye that not many contractors have, and meticulous planning and day-to-day oversight of the assigned crew. The work drew many accolades from neighbors and other passers-by who saw this project evolve.

Description of Work: New England Stonemasonry has done a lot of work for me. They have leveled my back yard, planted new plants, and remodeled part of our basement. They also installed a new stone retaining wall, front porch, driveway, fence, and footings on our back porch.

Description of Work: We used New England Stonemasonry to fix a garage that was really falling apart. They did masonry and replaced steel beams.

Description of Work: "Island" in middle of driveway removed; driveway releveled and regraded so water redirected to back of house; trench dug and flow pipes installed so water is now redirect into two cement boxes underground in back on house; garage resided

Description of Work: New England Stonemasonry Inc Company built our backyard in September. They put in two driveways and also did complete landscaping of the yard. They put in shrubs, did some wood work and everything else that needs to be done in a yard.

Description of Work: Robert Young came over to provide an estimate on the driveway work we needed on our new construction. We detailed out to him the area and dimensions of the driveway/walkway to be done with pavers. He had some good ideas about landscaping as well, since we did not have any in place.

Description of Work: HE HAD AGREED TO TEAR DOWN TWO WALLS AND REPLACE THEM WITH VERSALOCK BRICK WALLS. I SIGNED A CONTRACT THAT STATED SIMPLY I WOULD PAY 50% OF THE TOTAL ($11,500) WHEN WORK COMMENCED AND THE OTHER 50% UPON COMPLETION. I PAID HIM 50% WHEN HE DROPPED MATERIALS AND HE STARTED WORK THAT DAY. THINGS WENT ALONG FINE UNTIL THE DAY THEY BROKE TWO SEWER PIPES THAT RAN UNDER THE OLD WALL. UNDERSTANDABLY, THINGS HAPPEN AND HE EXPLAINED THE ACCIDENT WAS UNAVOIDABLE. WHEN HE DISCOVERED ONE OF THE PIPES HAD BEEN CLOGGED, HE DECIDED TO CHARGE ME FOR THE REPAIR. I THOUGHT THAT WAS FAIR (HE WAS FIXING AN EXISTING PROBLEM) AND I ASKED HIM TO MEET ME SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. HE CHARGED ME $1,100 FOR THAT REPAIR. I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE HIGH BUT AGREED. ROBERT STARTED ASKING ME FOR SOME OF THE FINAL PAYMENT UP FRONT. HAVING BEEN BITTEN ONCE BY SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT, I DECLINED. I TOLD HIM THE CONTRACT STIPULATED THAT PAYMENT WAS DUE ON COMPLETION.

Description of Work: ASKED THEM TO REMOVE OLD SLATE FRONT WALK AND FIX STANDING WATER PROBLEM.

Description of Work: ESTIMATE FOR SMALL INTERIOR MASONRY JOB

Description of Work: CALLED FOR ESTIMATE, SET UP APPOINTMENT TO SEE THE JOB, NEVER SHOWED UP. I CALLED AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE DIRECTIONS OR THE ADDRESS, EVEN THOUGH I HAD SPELLED THEM OUT EARLIER IN THE WEEK TO HIS AN ASSISTANT. THEY THEN PLANNED TO COME OUT ON 2 OTHER OCCASIONS TO VIEW THE WORK AND LEAVE US A QUOTE LATER, NEVER PROVIDED A QUOTE EVEN THOUGH THEY CALLED FROM MY HOUSE TO SAY THEY WERE VIEWING THE JOB AT THE TIME.

Description of Work: REMOVE & DISPOSE OF WOODEN RAILROAD TIE RETAINING WALL. BUILD LONG WALL OF VERSALOK BLOCKS WITH SHORT STAIRWAY.

Description of Work: EXTERIOR HARDSCAPE WORK, BLUE STONE STEPS AND WALKWAY, AND WORKED ON MY FOUNDATION. HAD ANOTHER PROJECT IN ARIL OF 03. NEW BLUE STONE FRONT WALK AND STEPS.