Straight Up Masonry

My house is an old house, this is why my chimney has been peeling off for some time. I have forgotten the number of quotes I got from various masonry companies for the last two years. They were all outrageous. Then I found Straight Up Masonry on the homestars web site. It had very good reviews (the best average I saw yet for any company at homestar for reviews more than 30, the rating is 10 for 182 reviews). My experience proved these reviews right. Firstly, what makes their service attractive is their fair pricing. On the top of this they are responsive, diligent, and accommodating (I should thank Crystal for that. She is someone every business owner would want to employ at frontline). Anthony, the owner, is attentive, and strives for the best job done no matter how small the job is. His crew Darrell and Jesse are courteous and experts on what they are doing. I will recommend Straight Up Masonry to anyone who needs masonry job done.

I am a crotchety guy who thinks he can fix pretty much everything around my house better than 90% of the contractors out there. But I refuse to get up on my 14/16 roof. So I called Straight Up Masonry. I thought the quote to replace the chimney cap and do a little spot-pointing was a little high. But I agreed, because I wanted it done right. This company is worth the price. They care deeply about their reputation, and will ensure you are satisfied. The original crew didn't manage to take the digital photos of the work I requested. I paid, but I complained a little. Tony came out, took the pictures, and emailed them to me a day later. I will hire these guys again in a heartbeat.

From start to finish (coming to give an estimate, reasonable cost, communicating over the phone and by e-mail, and of course the job itself) we were pleased with the company and would not hesitate to recommend them to friends.

This is one of those times when I have had work done at my home and I am completely happy with the result. Toni came and gave an estimate that was fair and the guys came, did a beautiful job and left everything spotless. I will definitely use them again and I strongly recommend them.

I found Straight Up Masonry on homestars.com and invited them to quote on rebuilding my quaint but decaying chimney because they had received consistently strong reviews. Tony has great listening and problem-solving skills, his quote was thorough and price competitive, and ultimately he offered a solution that best matched what I was looking for. In my case, this meant trying not to disrupt the "look and feel" of the old chimney as the house has the charm of an older Toronto home. Tony did this by finding a brick that would best match the colour of the house, showing me a sample first, by incorporating some of the existing stone inlay from the old chimney into the new one in a similar random pattern, and by using the existing stone cap which the team improved upon by carving a drip edge into it. The team executed the plan on time and on budget. Because they got the scope of the job right in the first place, no one tried to up-sell me on any aspect of it. The crew was very friendly and professional, allowed me access to the chimney to review the status of the job whenever I felt like it, and cleaned up before they left the site. A remarkably pleasant experience!

I found Straight Up Masonry on homestars.com and invited them to quote on rebuilding my quaint but decaying chimney because they had received consistently strong reviews. Tony has great listening and problem-solving skills, his quote was thorough and price competitive, and ultimately he offered a solution that best matched what I was looking for. In my case, this meant trying not to disrupt the "look and feel" of the old chimney as the house has the charm of an older Toronto home. Tony did this by finding a brick that would best match the colour of the house, showing me a sample first, by incorporating some of the existing stone inlay from the old chimney into the new one in a similar random pattern, and by using the existing stone cap which the team improved upon by carving a drip edge into it. The team executed the plan on time and on budget. Because they got the scope of the job right in the first place, no one tried to up-sell me on any aspect of it. The crew was very friendly and professional, allowed me access to the chimney to review the status of the job whenever I felt like it, and cleaned up before they left the site. A remarkably pleasant experience!

This is the second job that Straight Up has done on our house. After having water-proofing work done on our house we hired Tony and his crew to re-parge above-ground on our wall as well as lay new cement along the side of the house. As always, they were a pleasure to deal with. Excellent work, completed in a timely and very neat/clean manner. In addition, I really appreciate the thoughtfulness with which Tony addressed the project and in finding solutions that were best for our house. I highly recommend Tony, Crystal and their team and will definitely turn to them for our next masonry project.

I needed to replace the top 5 rows of my chimney and cap it. The crew arrived on time, were very curteous and pleasant. They put up scaffolding and took all the necessary precautions. The work was impeccable. They cleaned up, no mess in sight. Very pleased.

Tony, Crystal & Straight Up Masonry were very straightforward and easy to deal with. I only had to speak to them on the phone on one occasion to setup the initial quote. Everything else was done over email and communication with them was simple and prompt. I've never had such a stress-free experience with a service provider before. PLUS, the chimney now looks GREAT! Thanks Straight Up Masonry.

Tony Devlin gave me an estimate that honest and very acceptable. Due to rain, the commencement of the job had to be delayed a couple of days. Tony's crew was very efficient and very professional. They erected the required scaffolding, dismantled the chimney and then repaired my roof . I did not need to hire a roofer as other contractors specified. They were very respectful of my next door neighbour's property especially when they had to use the neighbour's flat roof to access my roof (very limited space between properties). They were very thorough with their clean up. They did such a good job that I contracted Tony to provide another estimate to remove a 2nd chimney and to do some brick pointing that was needed. This second contract was done with the same professionalism at the first job.