L&A Masonry Contractor Inc.

L&A Masonry works out of Crosby Street in Lowell, and masonry sits at the front of a wide menu: walkways, patios, driveways, chimneys, hardscaping and retaining walls. The company also advertises full remodeling alongside it — kitchens, bathrooms, basements, additions, new builds, roofing, siding, gutters, fencing and excavation — and describes itself as a family-run, minority-owned business covering a service area that runs from Lowell and Chelmsford down through Woburn, Medford and Newton. How long they have been at it depends on who you ask. The company's About page gives 2004 as the year established and its home page claims over 20 years of experience, while its BBB profile puts the start date at January 2013 — 13 years — with three employees and Luyz Lacerda listed as the owner. The BBB has the company Not Rated, saying it holds insufficient information about the business, and it is not accredited there; no reviews or complaints are published on that profile. The site says the company is licensed, insured and bonded but gives no registration number, so that stands as the company's own word rather than anything checked against a registry. With nothing yet published from past customers, this one reads as unproven rather than good or bad. If the trade fits your job, ask for addresses of recent local work you can drive past, a written scope, and current certificates of insurance and Massachusetts registration before anyone starts.