Allen Masonry & General Contractor

Ultimately no work was performed.

I contacted Steven on Friday afternoon (1/20/17) and he immediately answered my call. I explained our situation and he seemed very friendly and professional. I was pleasantly surprised when he scheduled a meeting for Monday morning (today 1/23/17) to come take a look and offer a quote. Steven scheduled the appointment at 9am, and at 9:45am he had not yet arrived and I had not received any communication from him. I texted him to make sure that I had the appointment time correct, and he said that his previous appointment had run late. I know this sort of thing happens, so we rescheduled for this afternoon (same day) at 1pm. Now it is after 5pm - Steven again did not show up for the appointment or reach out to touch base in any way. I can't speak for his work, but I'm very disappointed to have been stood up twice in one day. That is unacceptable in my book!

When I originally spoke with Steve he reassured me he could replaced the blocks and come very close to matching the exterior stucco. He said he would charge $300 to $400. I told him the space was less than 2x2 feet and the most I would pay is $300, he said fine. Steve called the day we set for the repair for to say he was sending his foreman instead of coming his self. The person he sent was very nice and professional. His quality of work was not satisfactory. Two blocks where install the correct way and the 3rd was broken in two parts and installed vertically. He then covered all the new block with motar, looking like one big patch job instead of like it was originally installed. He also left a large hump of concrete in one corner. The exterior is worst. Looks like someone through a bunch of concrete on the exterior wall and walked away. The exterior is worse. It looks like someone trough a large amount of cement on the wall and just walked away. A large portion is sunken in. I went to Home Deport and paid $35.00 for new block, motar and stucco and will do it myself which I should have done in the first place. I wasn't there when he finished or he wouldn't have been paid.

He was punctual, clean, and professional.  The work was excellent especially the concrete work.  His crew matched an existing stucco without any flaws and it is impossible to tell the old from the new. The work included framing, drywall, and crown molding,

Steve is incredibly innovative and creative. The basic job was our idea, but Steve made suggestions that added minimally to the overall cost, but made the finished job look SO much better.  He encountered problems along the way due to our desire for certain materials, and improper documentation by our architect, but he worked around it and got the job done.

Overall superior workmanship and professionalism.  I'm pretty much a know it all, yet he worked with me not only to get the job done, and also to teach me a thing or ten about construction.

His cost is what you would expect above the cheapest guy you can find. But given his attention to detail, worth every dime.

I already have him giving me an estimate on other work on our house.  Would definitely recommend him.