Excellent work. Looks like it did when it was put in a century ago. As a bonus several small leaks disappeared. Will be rebuilding a partially collapsed small brick wall when weather allows.
Description of Work: Repair fieldstone foundation by removing loose cement and refilling where needed.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Richard F.
07/2016
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
Picture perfect: my neighbors have all been complementing me on the quality of the work. They performed the work with a minimum of disruption. No unexpected charges.
Description of Work: Rebuild front stairs
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$6,000
Elaine G.
09/2015
2.0
concrete repair, masonry
 + 0 more
unknown
Description of Work: they talked with me--was very nice--I was inspired to have work done with them and they promised to get back to me with a program and pricing. Then I never heard from them again -- I sent emails, responded to their web site request for service, phoned, but never got a reply or response. I was truly disappointed as I wanted to have them work for me.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
1.0
D S.
09/2015
5.0
concrete repair, masonry
 + 0 more
Front walk was old and heaved-up by tree roots. De Angelis masons disposed of all old pieces, dug out roots, and replaced entire walk (approx 4' x 9') with pavers. Worked through several standard paver designs; finally customized one that would fit this narrow space. Estimated 1.5 days but finished job in 1 day; walk has been stable through 2014-2015 winter. Also patched a couple of holes in old concrete steps. Cut through ~3'-high brick wall separating back walk from yard; covered cut surfaces and set bluestone threshold to keep yard in place. Came back a day later to retrieve tarp (needed on cut surfaces so they would cure) instead of making us dispose of it. Not cheap, but very high quality work. Will certainly go to them for any other masonry needs.
Description of Work: replace front walk; cut through brick wall.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,500
Karen L J.
06/2015
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
It went wonderfully and he was so fast! They're too great brothers!
Description of Work: Took all of the bricks out, cemented again, put sand down, put all the bricks back on again in perfect order.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
DAVID H.
10/2014
5.0
concrete repair, masonry
 + 0 more
It was great. This is something they don't usually do but they did the work for me. I will be using them agian.
Description of Work: They moved a very big rock.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
3.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$250
MARILYN R.
10/2014
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
Franco did one large job and two minor ones for us as part of the same project. I could not be more delighted. He is a true craftsman and a creative problem solver. He shored up the crumbling stone staircase and covered it all in a beautiful bluestone. We appreciated his clear explanations of possible options, the timetable, and an excellent price. Highest recommendation.
Description of Work: Rebuilt crumbling mid-size outdoor stone staircase and landing. Patched cracked walkway stone, and removed and replaced raised stone edge at end of driveway.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$9,000
Deborah C.
09/2014
5.0
masonry, pavers, gravel
 + 0 more
Rob returned our call within a day, and came to our home to examine the project. He made suggestions to improve the support. We scheduled a day for work to be done and he arrived early, and completed the work in one day.. His stone work looks much better than what he replaced. Rob is a professional and very courteous. We are very pleased with his work and would definitly hire him again.
Description of Work: Stone entryway leading from backyard to basement door had caved in due to rainfall and age. Had to be rebuilt.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$400
William M.
07/2014
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
Showed up on time went to work and did an excellent job. Replaced slate walk with thick bluestone, and it looks great. They had to remove the old walk and base to get the job done right. But these guys are real masons, they knew what they were doing.
Description of Work: Replaced front walk and repointed parts of brick house.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
$6,400
STEPHEN K.
03/2014
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
I called. Rob came out to look at where we wanted the wall and sent us an estimate. We scheduled the work for several months later, for mid-summer. When the date was coming up, we talked. He started as planned. We added a little bit, and everything was completed in fine form. I believe he had a second stonemason with him for part of the project.
Description of Work: Rob, the owner, built a beautiful stone wall around our patio, with steps going up about 3 feet to the rest of the backyard. Great work. It's been over 10 years and I should have written this review sooner, but it still looks like new with absolutely no problems or issues.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$7,000
Karen L J.
08/2013
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
De Angelis did the best masonry work I've ever seen. He is outstanding. He was in constant communication with us about the job. He was also always on time. The whole operation was great.
Description of Work: De Angelis did our front stairs.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,750
Todd W.
02/2013
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
I had used Franco for a previous project on a different house, and he had done excellent work. The only downsides are: 1. they get very busy so you need to schedule them several months in advance 2. they don't do email or even have a website, you have to do everything by phone I called them for an estimate for this work, which we knew was going to be quite involved, and scheduled an appointment to look at the job the next week. We discussed how to put up the tall scaffolding necessary with minimal cost to me and impact to our neighbors. I received the estimate in the mail within a few days, then called and we discussed. They came out exactly when we scheduled for it to happen, and spent about a week doing the work, including modifying the work to repair additional damage they found. They were very careful about matching the style of brick on our house, and the results look great.
Description of Work: We had Franco and his brother repair the exterior brick on our new house, which included: * repairing the top row of bricks along the north edge that had collapsed inward due to water damage. when they found that the header above one of the windows also needed to be replaced, worked with me to modify the job to include replacing the header * repairing loose bricks on the front steps * new exterior brickwork to fill in where we replaced a large window with smaller windows * miscellaneous pointing and mortar repair
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$7,000
DAVID H.
01/2013
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
I had a stone retaining wall that looked like it was about to fall over. I got three bids. Two were for $3000; Mr. De Angelis said only half the wall was in danger, and bid $600 to fix the rest of it. He did a very nice job. He seems honest to a fault, and I would use him again, and recommend him without reservation.
Description of Work: A three foot high retaining stone wall was rebuilt.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$600
GRETCHEN B.
08/2012
5.0
concrete repair, masonry
 + 0 more
The project went very well, especially since a lot of the front of the house was affected. I'm over a year in getting this review onto Angie's List, but at least can say that the work has held up beautifully & we recently hired them again to do another, smaller job. The step rebuild was done at the beginning of May 2011, and it still amazes me that the patch of spring flowers right next to all this work came through fine. They are very careful and cleaned up everything.
Description of Work: Tear down brick steps to a level that was sound and remove two concrete slabs from walk. Rebuild brick steps, adding bluestone treads. Re-pour concrete slabs. Some skim-coat on cinderblock wall that backs the steps.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$7,500
GRETCHEN B.
08/2012
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
This was a one-day job, done with care and minimum impact to the landscaping. We were very happy with the complete clean-up and the good-looking result..
Description of Work: Remove broken concrete cap on cinderblock retaining wall, replace with bluestone. Powerwash wall.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,300
Karen K.
11/2011
5.0
chimney repair, masonry
 + 0 more
They were very good and I would highly recommend them. I would use them again.
Description of Work: I used De Angelis Masonry to repoint two chimneys. They are finishing the work and packing up today. The job is basically done.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$6,000
EDGAR D.
10/2011
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
After contacting nine masons, some of whom never submitted estimates, I ended up with DeAngelis & Sons. They were not the lowest estimate, but were significantly below the highest one. They were one of the few masons who submitted a written estimate. Franco DeAngelis was a pleasure to deal with (and I rarely say that about any contractor). He could see why the pavers were heaving, whereas other masons who came had to be told the likely cause. He was smart, thorough, and careful. (He knew not to have the cement truck come up the driveway for fear that its weight would dent the asphalt, and cleverly created an awning out of plastic to keep water off the newly layed concrete.) His brother, a partner in the business, went out of his way to fix some other pavers when all he really was asked to do was to replace three individual bricks. The only downside was that Franco was not here on the third day of the two-and-three-quarter day job. I had to refresh the other mason's memory several times about some of the remaining spots that need remortaring. I absolutely would have Franco back in a heartbeat.
Description of Work: The work involved remortaring brick pavers on the entries to our townhouses where the old mortar had turned to sand, and jackhammering out a 4 x 8 foot section of brick pavers along with the concrete foundation on which the pavers were layed. This section had to be removed because it was pitched toward the house instead of away, causing the other pavers to heave. They had to add crushed stone, which was missing, and pour a new concrete "sidewalk". (We opted not to put new pavers back on top.) They also had to replace a few pavers elsewhere that were not mortared down, and put some flashing on the corner of one of our buildings.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,850
KATHLEEN B.
02/2011
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
They did a great job and I have had no problems with it. I spent $1800 on that work. They knew what they were doing. Once the plans were made, they did what they were supposed to do. They had a portfolio of all the work that they had done. It takes a while to get the work done, but it has been worthwhile.
Description of Work: I used De Angelis Masonry in October of 2008 to do the front steps and steps in another area.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,800
PARAS P.
11/2010
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
Mr Deangelis was very prompt and professional in all of my interactions. He took the time to explain and advise me on the options and his approach to solving problems. I would recommended his work to my friends and colleagues.
Description of Work: The work was to rebuild a retaining wall. He had to have the old wall removed from the backyard and a new wall put in place.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$5,000
Justin B.
08/2010
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
Franco and his guys did a great job. They were very straightforward, thoughtful and did exactly what they said they would do. Others were quoting the job for multiple days...Franco did it in a day with a little bit of clean-up the second day. I pointed out a little spot on our foundation that had been shoddily patched where a oil tank used to be - he fixed that as well as some other little nicks in our foundation for free. I would highly recommend Franco and even though I hope we don't need more masonry work, if we did, I would call him.
Description of Work: Removed bricks and replaced rusted out lintels above foud windows...repointed other windows.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,200
Christopher C.
04/2010
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
Franco did an excellent job. He took as long as he said he would, he kept a clean work site, he was professional and polite, and we were impressed with the look of the repaired garage. It turned out great. We expect to use Franco for other masonry work needed by our association.
Description of Work: Our 2 unit condo association owns two bays of a 4 bay garage which spans a property line. The front facade wall and side exterior walls were crumbling and badly deteriorated from extensive water damage. Molded stucco was peeling & cinder block were crumbling. We got quotes from 5 masons and DeAngelis was the only mason willing to work around our concerns for the garage repairs.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$7,565
Dominic P.
05/2009
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
Went great. Started on time, finished on time. Wall was well built and satisfied the inspectional services department. Franco was great to deal with and is very professional. i highly recommend him.
Description of Work: Franco constructed an interior wall in a basement to shore up a crumbling brick foundation on a property I own in Somerville.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,000
RICHARD L.
08/2005
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
THEY WERE VERY BUSY, SO I HAD TO WAIT A WHILE FOR THEM TO START THE JOB. IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT, THEY DID A GREAT JOB. THEY WERE VERY REASONABLE PRICE-WISE COMPARED TO OTHER ESTIMATES.
Description of Work: PUT IN A PAVED WALK AND REBUILT BLUE STONE WALK.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$6,500
NANCY L.
08/2003
5.0
masonry
 + -1 more
I DECIDED TO LOOK FURTHER FOR SOMEONE MORE PROFESSIONAL.
Description of Work: HE RETURNED MY CALL AND CAME PROMPTLY. HOWEVER, HE SEEMED UNCERTAIN AS TO WHAT WOULD BE DONE, WHAT TYPE OF BRICK TO BE USED.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,500
RICHARD M.
12/2002
2.0
concrete repair
 + -1 more
HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE HIS QUOTE THE NEXT DAY. AFTER SEVERAL PHONE CALLS OVER SEVERAL DAYS I FINALLY GOT IT.
Description of Work: GAVE ESTIMATE ON RIPPING OUT EXISTING CONCRETE DRIVEWAY, DESIGNING A NEW ONE, THEN POURING IT.
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Service Categories
Masonry,
Concrete Pouring and Repair,
Chimney Repair,
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FAQ
De Angelis Masonry is currently rated 5 overall out of 5.
Monday: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
De Angelis Masonry accepts the following forms of payment: Check
Yes, De Angelis Masonry offers free project estimates.
No, De Angelis Masonry does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.
No, De Angelis Masonry does not offer a senior discount.
No, De Angelis Masonry does not offer emergency services.
No, De Angelis Masonry does not offer warranties.
De Angelis Masonry offers the following services: All types of masonry