Kitchen reno uncovered serious masonry problems

We’ve been in the process of gut renovating the kitchen on our mid-19th c. rowhouse in Bed-Stuy. The kitchen was a later addition to the house; under the walls and ceiling, we discovered that the room used to be a one-story expansion (most likely a bathroom from when indoor plumbing was introduced) on top of which someone later added a second story. Either due to the later addition or to water damage from the roof, we realized that the exterior wall of the kitchen was buckling out about 3 inches around the middle of the wall. It’s visible from the outside as well. We also uncovered a problem over the exterior door as many of the bricks had fallen out of place and the doorframe was actually doing a lot of the work holding up the wall. Not good. We got a couple quotes from two contractors, both recommends from this forum. We hired the lower quote who discussed a certain plan but then actually did something totally different from what was discussed, and nothing that would actually help the wall from moving further. In a panic, we called the other mason, Anthony the Mason, t o come and help us out. He gave us free advice over the phone and in the end we had him come and do the job correctly. It was a night-and-day approach. We now have steel rods bolted into several places in our exterior and interior walls to prevent that wall from buckling any further. He also improved the work that was done over the doorframe. I don’t want to call out the other mason, but suffice it to say, just hire Anthony, especially if you have serious structural problems.