Allen Home Masonry

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Great. Gave us the design. Removed old concrete sidewalk and staked out the new walkway. Once we saw it we asked for a couple mods, which Martin gladly did with no problems or price change. He brought several brick samples to ensure we were happy with the match to our brick front. He gave us everything we wanted and more than we expected. Highly recommend.

The project took about a week, including breaking up and hauling off our original concrete sidewalk, laying out and framing the new walkway (which he let us change after we saw the layout and wanted it wider at one end), putting down 4-inch concrete foundation and then doing the actual bricklaying & mortar work. They worked hard, cleaned up at the end of every day, and completed the job right on schedule. Excellent craftsmanship and attention to detail. He went out of his way to make sure we were happy, including making some changes to the design (widening the flare) at no additional cost. We were VERY happy with his work, have recommended him to others, and will call him again if we have more masonry work.

Same great service and work. This was a scary job, as our house is 3 stories tall and on the edge of a hill. But that didn't scare him away. Now our house doesn't smell like wet cinders from rain getting down our chimney flue when it rains. Thanks, Martin!

Excellent work. He contacted us 2 days after I sent the email (I recommend you call if you want a faster response), and turns out he was available the next day to start work. As he's out on job sites it takes him awhile to get to a computer and respond. We trusted him enough to leave the water and electric out and let him work when we're not home...the only contractor we trust enough to do that. Our neighbors complained a bit about the dust getting on their new car, but it's unavoidable in a townhouse. Still, you might want to consider moving plants or your vehicle if you're concerned about dust. We did wash a bit of the dust out of our driveway after he was done - no big deal. If I need work done on the brick again I will call Allen Home Masonry.

Martin Allen is the owner and he is an Irish stone mason. Martin didn't want the job initially, because our porch was crooked and had sunk through the years. He was worried that I wouldn't like his work, because he wouldn't be able to correct the severe crooked angles of the porch. I understood. So I first had A-1 Concrete lift the porch back into place and remove our old iron supported, which had rusted. By removing the rusted, out-dated iron supports, we learned or porch would need resurfacing: the porch concrete had pits in it and rust iron nails remaining. We also contracted Roof Real Clean to clean off the moss from the roof and one side of the house, which showed that our mortar was in need of repointing. We called Martin again. He came to take a 2nd look and agreed to do all the work. Martin was able to remove the old iron nails without further damage to the porch. He assisted the us the homeowners with attaching the columns to the porch and cemented them in place. He clearly knows what he's doing and is a pleasure to work with. He did a great job, although the process was a bit messy. He is artistic and really cared about the color, size, and stone patterns and wanted it just right. He did a great job of matching our mortar color to our house. He was able to use the bricks left on the property from repairs made by the prior owner. He asked us for an addition few hundred dollars to buy more stone, as he needed more for the patterns I requested than he estimated. I didn't mind as I could see he was doing a great job working hard and did run out of his initial stone delivery. He was trying to only buy what he needed. The negatives: 1)Martin works alone and so it can take him days to weeks to get back to you. (But once he was on the job, he spent long days working to finish it.) He always did call or email me back. He must have a lot of work. 2)The dust from the job had to be washed off the door, shutters, and plants. Two of our plants only somewhat survived by the porch because he had to push them out of the way to get to the job. We will probably replace them. (Those plants were probably a little too close to the porch to begin with. In retrospect, I should have moved the plants to another spot before he began.) In the spring of 2011 after a hard winter, we noticed a crack in one of the grout lines on the porch and asked him to fix it. He did more than we asked and redid several stones to ensure they were correctly attached. So we were happy he was willing to warranty his work. It really makes the entry so inviting. We already have another job for him on another property and look forward to working with him again.