Maguire Masonry

This person has failed to return several simple phone messages. I must wonder, whether he really exists.

It was fine service. He was very nice.

Based on positive feedback on Angie's List, I contacted Peter Maguire regarding masonry work I needed done on my front steps, fireplaces, & chimney. Mr. Maguire returned my call within a day or 2 & scheduled an initial visit the next morning. However, he was a no-show. He did not call to say he could not make the appointment, did not answer his phone when I called him after waiting an hour for him, & did not return my call until that evening, when he provided what sounded like a plausible, but also suspect, excuse (he said he ran out of the house for an emergency that morning, forgot his book containing customer contact information, & thus couldn't call me). He then scheduled another visit for the next morning. Again, no show, no call, no answer to my call, & this time no call back later. For this lack of common courtesy & professionalism, I have to give Maguire Masonry & Painting an F.

I called Peter to do an estimate for some masonry work around the house. He did not show up for the first appointment, rescheduled another time and finally came to do the estimate. He left and I never got the estimate from him. I called and left two messages and never heard from him.

Peter and Jackie did an excellent job! They worked seven days in a row to get the job done (at Peter's own insistence). They improved the look of the stairway immensely, and did excellent quality work. They cleaned up the worksite daily. (Give 'em both a cup of coffee and you'll have two happy workers!) We were pleased to have them work for us, and were very pleased with the results.

PETER MAGUIRE IS VERY PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONABLE. HE DID RETURN MY PHONE CALL WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS (E-MAIL TAKES LONGER). HE WAS PUNCTUAL FOR APPOINTMENTS (TO GIVE AN ESTIMATE AND TO SIGN THE CONTRACT) BUT NOT ON STARTING THE WORK. PETER ESTIMATED START TIME TO BE THE END OF MAY. HOWEVER, HE STARTED SIX WEEKS LATER- MID JULY. THIS IS CONTRARY TO MANY REPORTS I HAD READ FROM OTHERS WHO HAVE HIRED PETER. HE DID RESPOND TO MY CALLS DURING THIS TIME APOLOGIZING FOR THE DELAY. HIS WORK IS EXCELLENT AND HE DOES CLEAN UP WELL. NOTE: IF THERE ARE PLANTS AROUND THE WORK AREA, I WOULD RECOMMEND GOING OVER WHICH SHOULD BE PRESERVED. HE PULLED OUT A WHOLE PATCH OF FERN WHICH HE SAID HE THOUGHT WERE WEEDS.

IT TOOK TWO ATTEMPTS TO GET AN INITIAL PHONE CALL RETURNED. WE SET UP A TIME FOR HIM TO COME PERFORM AN ESTIMATE. HE DIDN'T BOTHER TO SHOW UP AND HAS NOT RETURNED FOLLOWUP PHONE CALLS.

PETER WAS PROMPT WHEN WE HAD AN APPOINTMENT TO LOOK AT THE JOB. THE ESTIMATE WAS MAILED TO ME IN A TIMELY FASHION. HE TOLD ME WHAT HE COULD DO, MADE SUGGESTIONS AND ALSO WHAT HE WASN'T COMFORTABLE DOING WHEN I DESCRIBED ANOTHER JOB I NEEDED DONE AT A DIFFERENT HOUSE. WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN AND WEATHER THAT JUST WASN'T CONDUCIVE TO CEMENT WORK SO HE WASN'T ABLE TO START AS SOON AS HE WANTED TO. BUT ONCE HE DID BEGIN MUCH WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN ONE DAY. HE IS A VERY POLITE MAN, EASY TO TALK TO AND A HARD WORKER. HIS WORKERS WERE GREAT ALSO. I DID NOT SEEK A SECOND ESTIMATE FROM ANOTHER COMPANY BECAUSE I WAS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH PETER. MY ELDERLY AUNT LIVES IN THE HOUSE AND SHE LIKED HIM VERY MUCH. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE CALL HIM RATHER THAN E-MAIL HIM. I E-MAILED AND DID NOT HEAR BACK. I WAITED ONE WEEK THEN CALLED. I LEFT A VOICE MAIL AND RECEIVED A CALL BACK IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. HE THOUGHT MY E-MAIL MAY HAVE GONE DIRECTLY TO HIS JUNK MAIL. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

PETER AND HIS ASSISTANT, PAUL, DID A SUPERHUMAN JOB. OUR CONCRETE FLOOR IS BEAUTIFUL! IT'S SOLID, LEVEL, AND DRY. PETER SOLVED A HUGE PROBLEM FOR US BY FIGURING OUT THE BEST METHOD FOR POURING THE CONCRETE INTO A BIG AREA OF THE HOUSE, THROUGH SMALL DOORS LOCATED IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE -- OVER A STONE WALL. PETER IS SMART, POLITE, AND VERY PROFESSIONAL -- AND VERY REASONABLE IN TERMS OF COST.

PETER GAVE US QUOTES FOR TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO REBUILD OUR STEPS. HE UNDERSTOOD THE URGENCY OF REBUILDING THESE FRONT STEPS ON MY ELDERLY PARENTS HOUSE. HE WAS VERY POLITE AND AN EASY PERSON WITH WHOM TO WORK. I RECOMMEND HIM UNCONDITIONALLY FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK.

PETER IS A CONSCIENTIOUS AND GIFTED CRAFTSMAN - A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.

PETER MAGUIRE'S WORK WAS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY. HE ALWAYS TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO GO THE EXTRA MILE. HE WAS TRUSTWORTHY AND I WAS ABLE TO LEAVE HIM WITH MY HOUSE KEY. I WOULD RECOMMEND HIM WITHOUT RESERVATION.

I PROBABLY WON'T BE CALLING BACK TO SEE WHEN OR IF THEY START ACCEPTING NEW JOBS. I NEED SOMEONE NOW.

I CANNOT PRAISE PETER AND HIS LABORER, PAUL, HIGHLY ENOUGH. HE CAME TO PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD COME. HE ANSWERED QUESTIONS AND PROVIDED DETAILED ALTERNATIVES, AND HE EXPLAINED CLEARLY WHAT HE WOULD DO. HE BEGAN WORK WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD, AND HE CALLED EVERY COUPLE OF EVENINGS TO GIVE ME AN UPDATE. CLEARLY THIS IS A STANDARD THAT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO MATCH. THE QUALITY OF HIS WORK IS SUPERB, BOTH IN STRENGTH AND APPEARANCE. HE REALLY CARES ABOUT DOING A GOOD JOB AND PLEASING HIS CUSTOMER, AND HE'S A GENTLEMAN TO BOOT. HIRE THIS MAN; YOU WON'T REGRET IT.

PETER WAS FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL. HE GAVE US A DETAILED ESTIMATE AND TALKED US THROUGH OUR OPTIONS WHEN WE FOUND THAT SOME OF OUR SLATE WAS DETERIORATING. THE STEPS CAME OUT VERY WELL AND THE QUALITY OF THE WORK WAS EXCELLENT. HE LEFT THE WORK AREA CLEANER THAN WHEN HE STARTED. HE WAS PROMPT AND PROFESSIONAL THROUGHOUT OUR INTERACTIONS AND WE WILL HIRE HIM AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.

GREAT JOB, VERY NICE PEOPLE, AND VERY RESPONSIVE.

PETER AND HIS ASSISTANT REPAIRED SOME BROKEN STEPS, PATCHED UP SOME CRACKS IN WALKWAYS, AND RESURFACED A SMALL WALL. THEY DID A VERY NICE JOB. ALTHOUGH THE ESTIMATE WAS RATHER VAGUE SHOULD ANY PROBLEMS HAVE ARISEN, HE ENDED UP DOING MORE THAN WE HAD INITIALLY DISCUSSED. IT TOOK LONGER TO RECEIVE THE ESTIMATE THAN I HAD BEEN TOLD, BUT PHONE CALLS WERE RETURNED WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME.

WHEN HE SHOWED UP FOR THE ESTIMATE, IT WAS UNANNOUNCED. THE PERSON WHO CAME DID NOT SEEM VERY PROFESSIONAL AND DID NOT WANT TO DO THE WORK THAT I WAS REQUESTING, HE WANTED TO DO A PATCH JOB WHEN I WAS ASKING TO REPLACE ALL STEPS.(WHICH WERE ALL CRACKED) I WAS NOT IMPRESSED WITH THEM AT ALL.

I FEEL VERY LUCKY PETER HAD A BREAK IN HIS SCHEDULE AND WAS ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MY SOMEWHAT OF AN EMERGENCY REPAIR SITUATION. I WAS IN THE MIDST OF A TOTAL MAKOVER OF MY BASEMENT RENTAL UNIT AND MY CARPENTER DISCOVERED CRUMBLING BRICK AND NO LINTEL IN ONE OF THE BAY WINDOWS. A CALL WAS MADE ON THURSDAY TO WHICH PETER RESPONDED WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS AND CAME BY LATER IN THE DAY TO CHECK OUT THE JOB. HE SPENT THE NEXT THREE DAYS TAKING CARE OF ALL THE PROBLEMS. HIS WORK IS EXCELLENT AND HE HAS A VERY FRIENDLY AND PLEASING PERSONALITY.

PETER WAS EXCELLENT. HE IS FANTASTIC AT HIS CRAFT AND THE STEPS LOOK WONDERFUL (MUCH BETTER THAN I EVER EXPECTED CEMENT STEPS COULD LOOK). HE WAS VERY FRIENDLY, THOUGHTFUL, PATIENT AND UNDERSTANDING WITH OUR KIDS AND OUR DOG. HE WAS RESPONSIVE TO OUR CALLS AND QUESTIONS, ALWAYS CAME WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD, AND CLEANED UP BEAUTIFULLY. I RECOMMEND HIM ENTHUSIASTICALLY.

PETER MAGUIRE DID EXCELLENT WORK AT A VERY REASONABLE PRICE. HE WAS RESPONSIVE, RELIABLE, SKILLED AND VERY PLEASANT, A RARE COMBINATION! AND HE ACTUALLY PREFERS TO DO SMALL JOBS!!!! THE WALL HE REPAIRED SUPPORTS ABOUT 9 STEEL POSTS THAT ARE PART OF LARGE BALCONY USED BY SEVERAL PROPERTY OWNERS. THE WALL'S CONCRETE HAS BEEN DETERIORATING AROUND THE POSTS AND PETER WAS ASKED TO REPAIR THOSE AREAS TO FULLY REINFORCE THE POSTS. HE QUOTED $900 TO DO THIS WORK. BEFORE PETER CAME ALONG, WE HAD PAID A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WHO CLAIMED THAT THE WALL WOULD COLLAPSE SOON AND HE WANTED $5,000 JUST TO DRAW UP PLANS FOR COMPLETE REPLACEMENT. ANOTHER CONCRETE CONTRACTOR WANTED $9,000 TO DRILL WEEP HOLES, TO REINFORCE WITH ADDED CONCRETE STRUCTURES, AND TO REPAIR THE WALL AROUND THE POSTS. PETER PUT AN END TO OUR LONG STRUGGLE OVER A COMPLICATED ISSUE, FOR LESS THAN $1000. AFTER HE COMPLETED THIS WORK, WE AGREED TO HAVE HIM RESURFACE THE FACE OF THE WALL FOR $450, A BARGAIN. HE IS OUR HERO.

I HAVE NEVER MET A PERSON WITH MORE INTEGRITY, KINDNESS AND PRIDE IN WORKMANSHIP. I COULD NOT POSSIBLY SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT PETER OR THE WORK HE DID FOR US. IT WAS JUST PLAIN OUTSTANDING. HE EVEN TOOK CARE OF OUR DOG FOR US, AND TOOK HIM FOR RIDES IN HIS TRUCK. WHEN THE DOG LOVES HIM TOO, YOU KNOW HE'S A GREAT GUY.

MAGUIRE MASONRY WAS, HANDS DOWN, THE BEST EXPERIENCE WE HAVE EVER HAD WITH A CONTRACTOR. PETER MAGUIRE RETURNED OUR CALLS PROMPTLY, ARRIVED ON TIME, RETURNED AN ADDITIONAL TIME TO CHECK ON THE WORK, AND EXHIBITED REMARKABLE PROFESSIONALISM AND INTEGRITY THROUGHOUT THE JOB. HE WAS EVEN WILLING TO WORK ON A SUNDAY MORNING TO ACCOMMODATE OUR TIGHT SCHEDULE AND EVEN THOUGH THE SCOPE OF THE WORK WAS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN HE ANTICIPATED, HE HONORED HIS ORIGINAL ESTIMATE. I WOULD RECOMMEND MAGUIRE MASONRY WHOLE-HEARTEDLY TO ANYONE.

PETER'S WORK WAS OUTSTANDING. THE BRICK AND LINTELS LOOK SO MUCH BETTER, AND DO NOT STAND OUT AS NEW COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE OLD HOUSE, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY MAKE THE HOUSE LOOK WORSE. HE ALSO PAINTED THE FRONT DOOR AND STOOP OF THE HOUSE, INCLUDING REPAIRING CHIPPED AND WORN WOOD. THE HOUSE LOOKS GREAT, AND HAS RECEIVED RAVE REVIEWS FROM THE NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING A STATEMENT FROM ONE NEIGHBOR THANKING ME FOR DOING WORK ON THE HOUSE. I ASKED PETER TO GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE FOR OTHER WORK ON THE OLD BRICK HOUSE. HE NOTED THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED BEFORE MASONRY WORK WAS DONE ON THAT SECTION OF THE HOUSE. HIS HONEST OPINION, RATHER THAN DOING WORK THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REPEAT, DEMONSTRATED HIS TRUSTWORTHINESS. WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON MY HOUSE, MY FATHER BECAME SICK. HE OFFERED A FRIENDLY SHOULDER AND HELPED ME THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME. HE IS A GREAT, RELIABLE MASON, AND A PERSON THAT YOU CAN BE GLAD YOU KNOW.

PETER MAGUIRE WAS VERY GOOD ABOUT CALLING BACK, AND BEGAN THE WORK AS SOON AS WE AGREED ON THE ESTIMATE. THE WORK WAS BEAUTIFULLY DONE. WE HAD A SMALL DISPUTE, BUT WE RESOLVED IT VERY QUICKLY TO MY SATISFACTION. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH HIM.