About Us
STONE - BRICK - PAVERS
TILE - CONCRETE
Old Colony Masons is a contracting company made of Certified Master Masons & Highly Skilled Tradesman.
We are a family business consisting of 4 generations of tradesman, originally started by my grandfather Chester Struzik in 1946.
Recognizing the need for quality masons in 2005, we refocused our speciality & quickly established a reputation as a leader of masonry designs, installations & solutions in Massachusetts.
Our focus is quality. We never cut corners, even when it’s more expensive.
Some of our competitors are cheaper, but we will take the time to ensure that your dream project will last a lifetime and that your 100% happy.
At Old Colony Masons, we demand the highest quality workmanship & dependability.
We purchase the very best products and employ only the most talented Stonemasons.
Our name has become synonymous with quality, service & dependability.
Call the Certified Master Masons at Old Colony Masons.
We will Exceed your Expectations, Guaranteed!
Old Colony Masons,
Building Dreams since 2005.
The products and services we offer
Recommendations Received (65)
"Old Colony Masons embodies a rich history of craftsmanship and dedication to quality. With four..."
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"Old Colony Masons embodies a rich history of craftsmanship and dedication to quality. With four generations of experienced tradesmen leading the way since 1946, this family-run business has truly mastered the art of masonry. Specializing in top-notch designs, installations, and solutions, they stand out as leaders in Massachusetts. Their commitment to never cutting corners showcases their dedication to excellence. By taking the time Jay and his amazing team ensure lasting results and customer satisfaction, Old Colony Masons sets a high standard in the industry. With a focus on premium products and skilled stonemasons, you can trust them to deliver exceptional workmanship and reliability."
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Products & Services
Masonry Specialists
commercial/residential
Design - Build - Repair
Driveways, Pool Decks, Aprons, Coping, Brick & Stone Stairs, Walkways, Fire...
Hardwood flooring offers both a classic look and modern elegance. Old Colony Masons specializes in hardwood flooring materials and installation. Pr...
Stone, brick, pavers, concrete, mortars & polymers are some of the very best building materials available. The techniques used while working with ...
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"Bruce from Done Right Landscape left a lasting impression. Top quality workmanship is guaranteed, but the professionalism and dedication to providing top notch customer service is what impressed me the most. Bruce is an outstanding leader and operations manager. "
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Cash flow is every business owners nemesis. Using an American Express card, third party material finance companies & meticulous bookkeeping is necessary to free up cash.
For small contracting companies, I recommend asking your customers, regardless if they are a commercial or residential, for...
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Cash flow is every business owners nemesis. Using an American Express card, third party material finance companies & meticulous bookkeeping is necessary to free up cash.
For small contracting companies, I recommend asking your customers, regardless if they are a commercial or residential, for material deposits & expense money up front.
Money management can be the hardest part of small business ownership, especially during winter months.
Fill out credit apps with all of your vendors. Get a DUNNS number if your incorporated, & avoid buying personal luxury items until you have at least 3 months operating capital saved.
Too many business owners do not save money for unforseen expenses, fines, repairs, or slow months.
Maintaining a positive cash flow requires sacrifice sometimes.
Live like your dead broke for as long as it takes to save money.
If monthly expenses are too high in your business, pay cash for all materials as needed. Use your customers money correctly & don't live beyond your means.
Best of luck Pros. We had 3 years of incredibly high demand. The party is about over & we will all be back to chasing jobs, negotiating pricing & laying off employees.
You can thank the folks who voted for Joe Biden for our upcoming nightmare.
Bottom line, if you have been having trouble paying bills over the past 3 years, reconsider self employment & jump on with an established contractor.
Old Colony Masons, Quincy Ma. is actively hiring master masons, bricklayers, stonemasons, concrete finishers, tile installers & paver installers.
We have more work than we could possibly handle. Call Old Colony Masons today.
857-249-5837
oldcolonymasons@gmail.com
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Trade shows are absolutely relevant. Every business owner should attend a yearly trades show to learn about new products, software & for networking.
It's impossible to find everything you need online. Trade shows will introduce business owners to new products, to educational materials, to other...
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Trade shows are absolutely relevant. Every business owner should attend a yearly trades show to learn about new products, software & for networking.
It's impossible to find everything you need online. Trade shows will introduce business owners to new products, to educational materials, to other people in the same business, etc.
Old Colony Masons attends at least one large tradeshow a year. I have not once felt like it was a waste of time or money.
Do your company, your customers & yourself a favor & attend a trade show relevant to your business.
https://www.oldcolonymasons.co...
I read through many of the response given and most are extremely accurate. I have been marketing for 35 years ROI is key. Cold marketing generates a 2% response on average. Depending on what your selling, the cost of goods or service vs the investment made has to be your deciding factor. All 3...
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I read through many of the response given and most are extremely accurate. I have been marketing for 35 years ROI is key. Cold marketing generates a 2% response on average. Depending on what your selling, the cost of goods or service vs the investment made has to be your deciding factor. All 3 do work. The numbers are low therefore, you have to research thousands of people. Postcards are the most cost effective direct mail approach. At least you prospects will see what you sent before immediately discarding. Depending on your budget, I'd recommend buying target leads and sending postcards for a local business, email for a wider spread of customers. Generate a FB following. That is the least expensive, most effective source of attracting new clients. People who bought from you will likely have friends and family interested in similar things.
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Old Colony Masons, Quincy, Ma. was profitable in 2020 and we are grateful that the pandemic hasn't negatively affected our business.
We will continue to focus on growing out business in 2021. We plan to purchase new excavation equipment and teach a few more people the masonry business through...
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Old Colony Masons, Quincy, Ma. was profitable in 2020 and we are grateful that the pandemic hasn't negatively affected our business.
We will continue to focus on growing out business in 2021. We plan to purchase new excavation equipment and teach a few more people the masonry business through our apprenticeship program.
Brick and stone has been the best construction material to build with for thousands of years. Our industry is forever growing and are committed to passing down our knowledge and skills to ensure that northeast Massachusetts will have qualified masons in the future.
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Old Colony Masons plans to invest in tech stocks for we feel every company and individual should learn the basics of compound interest and save for the future through the purchase of stock in a few good tech companies.
Old Colony Masons wishes every business owner a happier and more profitable new year. Best of luck in 2021.
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Similar to most contractors this year, Old Colony Masons has been extremely busy and steady work continues throughout November & December again this year.
We are grateful that Covid 19 hasn't negatively affected our industry. Old Colony Masons is growing and hiring experienced masons as often as...
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Similar to most contractors this year, Old Colony Masons has been extremely busy and steady work continues throughout November & December again this year.
We are grateful that Covid 19 hasn't negatively affected our industry. Old Colony Masons is growing and hiring experienced masons as often as we can find them.
We give thanks for having the ability to provide high wage jobs for the talented people we are lucky enough to have and hold onto.
We are grateful for being able to build teams of caring, highly qualified experts. For our helpful suppliers like Plymouth Quarries, Backyard Living, South Shore Landscape & Highridge Granite.
Our customers definitely deserve recognition too. We are grateful for the non stop calls we get from the many customers of whom we have developed bonafide friendships & long term relationships.
We feel terrible over the amount of small businesses that are suffering badly or have been forced to close all together. We pray for all business owners who have not been as fortunate as Old Colony Masons.
We give thanks for our continued success over the years, for our awesome staff and for the customers who require our specialities.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. We wish Health, Love & Prosperity to every man, woman & child on earth.
Old Colony Masons, Quincy, Ma. 02169 Certified Master Masons Specializing in: Stone-Brick-Tile-Pavers-Concrete www.OldColonyMasons.com
Hello Attorneys, I have been marketing my business since 1999. I found, without doubt that per per click using a service like Google AdWords is a complete waste of money.
We thrive without paying for advertising at all.
I wanted to share how we accomplish this with you.
Organic search...
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Hello Attorneys, I have been marketing my business since 1999. I found, without doubt that per per click using a service like Google AdWords is a complete waste of money.
We thrive without paying for advertising at all.
I wanted to share how we accomplish this with you.
Organic search engines is the number one way to create leads. The majority of consumers search Google for services they need.
In order to rank high, you must comply with the over 200 algorithms Google uses to rank a business. 1) Upload your law office to as many free business listings you can find. You will not get business directly from most of the sites you list on however, Google will find you and rank you based on the amount of sites you are listed on. Remember, all computers, all websites are connected.
2) Content is vidal. Use Google keyword search tool to determine the most relevant keywords for your practice. Adding in near me after your keyword will help immensely.
3) Backlinks are key. Add your website address to as many forums, groups, listings as possible. 4) Write a post about your practice at least once a week on Googlemybusiness.Com Be sure to duplicate a few keywords in every post. IE: we use Certified Master Masons Stone-Brick-Tile-Pavers-Concrete in every single post we write, on all marketing, on our website, everywhere. Google will find you quickly by doing this.
5) If your not listed & verified on Googlemybusiness.com, do that now. Also list on Bing, Yahoo, Hotfrog, all local business listings. Look up free business listings & local online news papers. There's 100s of free places to lift your practice. 6) If your going to spend any money, spend it on Yext.com They list you on a ton of sites for you
7) Look up & Subscribe to Neil Patel's free marketing advise. He's a master and what he recommends works. It's all free. 7) Post pictures, make a video Upload them everywhere including utube Again, places you know our think you won't get business from still helps with Google rankings.
8) List on instagram, Twitter, linkedin, Facebook & all other social media
9) Get reviews on Google. This is imperative.
10) Take ads the bar had already approved and duplicate the verbiage in your postings. If you need approval for every single ad, ask for new approvals daily until you have enough content covered to maintain writing several posts, events, pictures & videos no less than 3 times per month per site.
I'm sure your doing many of these things but I found that the attorneys I hired &/or are friends with do not post enough or at all.
This information will help you gain clients, more phone calls and all for free. If you put the work in, an hour a day, you will never pay for advertising again
Best wishes, Old Colony Masons, Quincy, Ma. 02169
Certified Master Masons Stone-Brick-Tile- Pavers-Concrete www.oldcolonymasons.com
As you see, I add my keywords even for this private message to you because Google will see it.
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I have been in business for almost 30 years and found that small claims court can be a very frustrating experience for both consumers as well as business owners.
Some courts literally hang signs stating that they can not enforce judgements.
I recommend trying to settle all disputes outside of...
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I have been in business for almost 30 years and found that small claims court can be a very frustrating experience for both consumers as well as business owners.
Some courts literally hang signs stating that they can not enforce judgements.
I recommend trying to settle all disputes outside of court if at all possible.
Civil & small claims court is about compromise. All parties in a suit usually wind up feeling dissatisfied.
Even if you win your case hands down and the judge or magistrate enters a judgement, getting paid is an entirely new and costly battle.
The courts allow payment plans, excuses for missing payments are acceptable, reasons for not paying at all are entertained and a new judgement can be passed down. ITS FRUSTRATING & often seems unfair.
Knowing that you will be forced to compromise, often through a court issued mediator, do yourself a favor and swallow your pride, forget about ego and settle your dispute on your own, even if you have to take less money than is owed to you.
If you can get the defendant to pay you a portion of what they owe without having to file suit, take the money and chalk it up to a lesson learned.
I know all about the emotional side of being right and demanding justice but you will not easily find it in a courtroom.
If a defendant doesn't pay you, they probably don't have the money or they are con artists who play the system to their advantage.
1) You have to know where to serve the defendant to take them to court in the first place. Poor people move allot.
2) If you win the full amount of your suit, many times amount you ask for will be reduced, there's a high likelihood the person will not pay the entire amount or at all.
3) You then have to pay a sheriff or constable to serve a contempt of court subpoena and go to court again. Remember, time is money!
4) Any reasonable excuse the defendant gives is accepted by the judge, you can't bleed a stone.
5) A new judgement & payment plan will be ordered, That doesn't help you much.
6) If the defendant pays as little as a dollar a month, the courts can't do much. again, you can't bleed a stone.
7) If the defendant doesn't pay at all again, your back to step 3
8) Getting wage garnishment will cost you a lot of money and several visits to court before the judge issues that and unless the defendant has direct deposit, you will have even more difficulty getting a court to order a business to deduct the garnishment from the employees wages. Courts do not want to be in a position were they are responsible for someone losing their job.
9) Everytime the defendant doesn't comply with a court order, you have to pay to have the person served.
Many people, including myself have given up chasing the person due to the overwhelming difficulty, loss of time, missed work etc.
MAKE A DEAL WITH THE PERSON WHO OWES YOU AND MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE.
America doesn't put people in jail for being poor or unable to pay. Excuses are always accepted & in most cases, the person you are suing does not care about their inability to get credit due to a judgement against them.
I hope these lessons that I have learned from experiences chasing people in court who owe me money will save you the time, headache and expense. You now know that getting any money at all that is owed to you is better than spending more money trying to get the courts to intervene.
Word of mouth/referrals are imperative to any business.
Turning current customers into a source of advertising is simple in theory but requires hard work.
1) First and foremost, provide your customers with the very best customer service. In the age of automation, it has become easy to provide...
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Word of mouth/referrals are imperative to any business.
Turning current customers into a source of advertising is simple in theory but requires hard work.
1) First and foremost, provide your customers with the very best customer service. In the age of automation, it has become easy to provide outstanding customer service by simply providing a human being to respond to your customers questions.
2) Confirm all appointments,
3) Contact your customers before, during and after your business with them is finished. Ask what you can do for them to improve your service or product .
4) Provide the very best services and or products possible.
5) Ask your customers for referrals. You will be amazed at how many referrals we receive by asking for them.
6) Follow up with your Customer/client
7) Get their email & Facebook addresses. Ask them to like your business on Facebook.
8) Treat every customer as you would a family member or close friend. People want to feel special and each person is very special in their own way. Recognize that fact and make a lifelong customer.
Staying in touch with your existing clients will result in getting referrals from them.
Send an email to thank them for your business. Offer a discount for a future service or product
The way you treat a person will impact their future buying decisions a great deal. Develope a relationship with every customer you get. Remember their names, likes, dislikes, the names of their family members etc. If you truly care about people, convey that through action. When a customer is made to feel like you care about them, they will refer you to their friends, coworkers and family members.
Best of Luck.
Old Colony Masons, Quincy, MA.
www.oldcolonymasons.com
857-249-5837
We have been lucky enough to keep our team working. We will not be seeking PPP assistance.
Companies struggling to keep their employees working should definitely apply.
The PPP will not have to be paid back if you follow the Federal guidelines.
For the companies that do have to pay back...
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We have been lucky enough to keep our team working. We will not be seeking PPP assistance.
Companies struggling to keep their employees working should definitely apply.
The PPP will not have to be paid back if you follow the Federal guidelines.
For the companies that do have to pay back the money, interest is very low and the loan will be spread over many years.
Best of luck, Old Colony Masons, Quincy, MA.
