P Stones Contracting

Open the permit file for P Stones Contracting and the picture forms fast: this is a repointing outfit. The Braintree company, run by Patrick Stones, has 159 permits on record — 23 of them in the past three years, typically around $41,000 apiece — and the bulk of that work is brick and brownstone repair on Boston row houses. These are the jobs that keep water out of a building. In 2023 the company repointed an entire building at 25 Melrose St after major leaks through the brick and brownstone, a $162,500 contract; in 2024 it cut and repointed the rear of 232 W Newton St and spot-pointed the front for $158,000. A leaking Brookline building front at 24 Euston St was cut and repointed on an emergency basis in 2023. The smaller work runs the same way — repointing at 514 Massachusetts Ave and 31 E Concord St with window sills and lintels patched to match the existing profile, failed front steps rebuilt at 150 W Canton St, block work replaced around metal joists in a Dorchester basement, a failed brick basement floor taken out and poured in concrete. The written customer record is thin and dated. One published review, from April 2015, describes exterior brick and mortar steps and a walkway removed and replaced, with the homeowner writing that the craftsmanship surpassed their expectations. Since then the company's history has accumulated in permits rather than in reviews, which tells you it works steadily and at real scale but says nothing about scheduling, communication or price. BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #144922, and shows it as active as of March 2026 — that is the directory's own record, not a state registry check. For repointing, brick repair or stonework on an older masonry building, the permit trail is the credential worth weighing here. Ask for two or three recent addresses you can walk past and look at, and confirm the registration directly with the state before you sign anything.