Al's Landscaping Service

Al's Landscaping Service is a one-person lawn-care operation south of Boston, run by owner Allfredo Amaral, who's had it registered as a sole proprietorship since 1993 -- a long run for a business that still shows up in only a handful of online reviews. The four ratings on file split cleanly down the middle. One customer, writing in 2026, says the crew has kept up their lawn since 2022 and calls the technicians kind and reliable; another, in a 2023 review, praised the mowing and edging as thorough and fairly priced -- "do not miss an inch," they wrote. But two other customers describe a rougher experience: a 2024 review says a request to edge garden beds turned into the crew blowing mulch into the lawn instead, followed by excuses and silence when they complained; a 2023 review goes further, describing rushed, minutes-long mowing visits and leaves blown into streets and neighboring yards, with calls going to voicemail and never returned. Google's own tally -- 3 stars across those same four ratings -- reflects that split rather than smoothing it over. There's no BBB complaint history to check against (the bureau shows no reviews or complaints on file, only the basic registration), so the reviews above are really the only read available before booking. Given how few reviews there are, ask directly about scope before hiring -- specifically whether garden-bed edging is included in a standard visit -- and confirm how they handle a callback if something needs following up.