It lists brick and masonry as a surface, but mentions not recommended for flooring, I believe, in terms of painting a wood floor or porch.

I can lean an extendable ladder on the face as it's a masonry building, put a few sandbags at the base of the ladder, and use an extendable snow rake to get a few inches off... perhaps.  

Unfortunately gang ,there are "cocky and arrogant" individuals in any ,practice,trade,endeavor or profession.Plumbers with a disagreeble arrogant and surly nature do not last long where I come from.It is highly competitive here in So Cal.You gotta be a "Superstar".Having said that,,,there is also a Code of Honor amongst tradesmen in any town or city.We all know who the good guys and the bad guys are.The bad guys are "disowned" and get put on the blacklist,,,they do not get referals or reccomdations from reputable contractors.We also watch them very carefully and inform our friends at the supply house,,,,do not give these guys credit,do not recomend them,,,they are trouble.We know "The Good,The Bad and the Ugly".But get this,,,good guys tend to hang together and refer each other.They also tend to join credible contractors associations like the PHCC Plumbing Heating and Cooling Contractors Association.Heres a tip ;if you are fortunate enough to identify and hire a good licensed plumber,he will usually know and be able to recommend a good electrician,HVAC man,carpenter,tile setter,painter,concrete and masonry contractor,locksmith,roofer,landscaper,,,you get the picture,,,,Oh Yeah about that business of "plumbers savings lives".Well,,,That is a true statement,,,,that fact is,,,"Plumbers have saved more lives than Doctors,,,,"An old American Standard slogan was "Plumbers Protect the Health of the Nation",,Well,,,Its kinda corny guys but it's TRUE,,,,Why ?

The pricing for the wall also included a lot of other masonry work so I am not able to break it out, if I was to estimate it would be bw $10,000 and 15,000.

So he created holes in the pool by nailing black homasote expansion board to the concrete in the pool with masonry nails and then had to fill in those holes ( hope he did ). not to professional, when he chipped the old tile out it should have left a ledge to work off of. he could have used tile edging and nailed it with short nails and it would be under the tile, most times the tile will stay in place even without a support. or even created a temporary support that hung from the top of the pool edge.

I agree $100sq foot is a definitely a good number to start out with, but also think it can easily get to $110 sq foot with extensive joist repair and masonry. 

I'm looking for masonry contractors.

First and last time I used real mohair roller covers.Then came scratch-coating with a cement-based interior fine plaster coating designed to smooth out the masonry walls.

Other jurisdictions may require a building be brought up to current energy code (insulating all exterior walls, attics, etc, air sealing, whole house HRV (heat recovery ventilation) systems, etc), or structural code (I am working on a renovation now that is requiring the additional reinforcement of a masonry chimney)My point is, like so many people on BP say, is DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE BUYING A PROPERTY, especially if you’re the new guy or gal in town.

I've personally not witnessed much stone/masonry going bad, EXCEPT grout, ie: block grout, brick grout etc and then of course shifting/cracking.