Fama Masonry

Old houses are this outfit's natural habitat. A 110-year-old fieldstone foundation repointed, a 120-year-old pebblestone one that turned out to need far more than patching, brick repair at the bay window of a 140-year-old row house — the jobs people describe hiring Fama Masonry for are the ones where the wall was built before anyone alive remembers. The company works out of Everett and the reviews revolve around one name: Claudio. Customers describe him quoting the job himself, staying in touch when weather pushes a start date, and sending a small crew that arrives on time and sweeps up. Thumbtack shows 4.9 across 155 ratings, Angi and HomeAdvisor each 4.9 across 57, and Google 3.9 across a much thinner 7. Recent work runs to the same shape. A homeowner in July 2026 had a stone wall and garage cracks repaired on the estimated schedule; another in June 2026 had stucco replaced with stone veneer at a front entrance; a May 2026 customer had concrete stairs refinished; and a March 2026 wall promised in two days went up in one. Older accounts fill in the range: an epoxy-coated basement floor in August 2024, windows cut into a foundation wall with cracks pointed in a 2022 review, and a leaking cellar wall in 2021 where the mason came back after a major storm to re-do a couple of spots that still let water through. Two things to raise before hiring. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, number 196994, is on file with the state as expired — that is a licence the company held and let lapse, not one it never needed, so ask about its current status and about insurance. And in a March 2025 review a customer said the finished work was poor, that the crew painted concrete basement steps white without being asked when the plan was to stain them, and that the crew mentioned hearing and smelling gas but did not report it. That is one account against a long run of satisfied ones, but it is specific enough to ask about directly. Good fit for repointing, foundation and cellar-wall repair, steps, walls and patios on an older property, where the ability to match existing masonry matters more than speed. Before booking, confirm the registration and insurance, get the scope and any finish or paint decisions written down, and agree what happens if the crew finds something behind the wall.